“The dead do not live.
Shades do not rise.
You have punished them.
You have destroyed them.
You have wiped out
All memory of them.
But you have increased the nation!
O Yahweh!
You have increased the nation!
You are glorified!
You have enlarged
All the borders of the land.”
The dead do not live and will not rise again where there is no shade. Yahweh has punished and destroyed them. He has wiped them out so that all memory of them has been lost. On the other hand, the glorified Yahweh has increased his beloved land, the nation of Israel, and enlarged its borders. It is difficult to place this prayer at a specific time.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 