Psalm 6

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak;
O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled...
For in death there is no remembrance of You;
In the grave who will give You thanks? vv. 2,5
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Another Psalm of David in a prayer during a difficult time.  This time it seems to be that David is very sick to the point of death.  If this psalm is still around the time of Psalms 2-4 when he was fleeing and hiding from Absalom and living in a cave, we can see how that would affect his health.  Also his state of emotions (his troubled soul in v.3) can lead to distress and sickness.  How often do you become sick because of stress, depression, etc?  David also gives us a key to understanding death.  In death there's no remembrance or thanksgiving.  No doubt David was God's man and surely one would believe and know that David will be in heave, but here David himself knows that the death he's facing isn't brining him to heaven.  It's also not stating he goes to "eternal conscious torment."  Death and the grave is a return to the dust while we wait for the resurrection into God's kingdom.  This is hard to believe for most people who's traditional thinking is one goes to heaven or hell when they die.  There are many more passaged in scripture to show that's not the case, but a better and more glorious truth.  How do you understand or relate to David's cry here?