Psalm 6:5 (WEB)
For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
Fathers and councils · 16
Augustine of Hippo
“By these reflections was I again cast down and stifled; yet not plunged into that hell of error (where no man confesseth unto Thee), to think that Thou dost suffer evil, rather than that man doth it.” — editor's note: Ps. vi. 5.
Read the whole comment““For in death there is no one that is mindful of Thee” (ver. 5).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“He hath found counsel, and that inspired by Him, who now deigneth to recall him.…If by sinning I go down to the depths of wickednesses, and spurn to confess, saying, “Who seeth me” (for “in Hades who shall confess to Thee?”) there also Thou art present, to punish.” — editor's note: Ps. vi. 5.
Read the whole comment“Now if thou hate thine own soul, what doth it profit thee that thou dost love thy flesh?” — editor's note: Ps. x. 5, Sept. (xi. 5, English version).
Read the whole comment“So that verse, “For in death there is no remembrance of thee.”” — editor's note: Ps. vi. 5.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“…should in the meantime be admitted, that those who had sacrificed should be assisted at death, because there is no confession in the place of the departed, nor can any one be constrained by us to repentance, if the fruit of repentance be taken away.” — editor's note: Apud inferos. See Ps. vi. 5.
Read the whole comment“In the fifth Psalm: “But in the grave who will confess unto Thee?”” — editor's note: Ps. vi. 5. [Here, as often, the grave is represented as enjoying a temporary victory, for the flesh is no longer capable of worship. Not till the whole man is…
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John Chrysostom
“There we shall repent much, “but in death no man shall praise Him.” ( Ps. vi. 5 ; [LXX. 6].)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““In the grave,” saith David, “who shall give thee thanks?” ( Ps. vi. 5.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““In the grave” saith David, “who shall give Thee thanks?” ( Ps. vi. 5.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““For in hell,” it is said, “who will confess unto thee?”” — editor's note: Ps. vi. 5 [ἅδ].
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Jerome
“Instantly I became dumb, and amid the strokes of the lash—for He had ordered me to be scourged—I was tortured more severely still by the fire of conscience, considering with myself that verse, “In the grave who shall give thee thanks?”” — editor's note: Ps. vi. 5.
Read the whole comment“David also says in a psalm: “in death there is no remembrance of thee; in the grave who shall give thee thanks?” and in another place: “I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid.” — editor's note: Ps. vi. 5.
Read the whole comment“…before he repented, was cut off by death,” must Paul on being released at once go to Spain, or must Helvidius repent after death, although the Scripture says “In sheol who shall give thee thanks?”” — editor's note: Ps. vi. 5.
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Basil the Great
“For this reason “In Hell there is none that maketh confession; in death none that remembereth God,” because the succour of the Spirit is no longer present.” — editor's note: Ps. vi. 5, lxx. ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ ὁ μνημονεύων σου, ἐν δὲ τῷ ἅδῃ τίς ἐξομολογήσεται σοι; Vulg. “In inferno autem quis confitebitur tibi?”
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“For as he who remembers God here is conqueror of death (as David has most excellently sung) so the departed have not in the grave confession and restoration; for God has confined life and action to this world, and to the future the scrutiny of what has been done.” — editor's note: Ps. vi. 5 (LXX.).
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.115.
Cited together in The City of God XIII.11.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.115.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.115.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.115.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.115.