Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 88:12

12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark ? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness ?

In the grave, which is called the land of darkness, Job 10. 21, 22.

In the grave so called, either first actively because there men forget and neglect all the concerns of this life, being indeed but dead carkasses without any sence or remembrance. Or rather secondly passively; because there men are forgotten, not only by men, as is noted, Iob 24. 20. Psal. 31. 12. but by God himself, as he complained, v. 5.