In the Old Testament where is the scripture that says "Only the Living can Praise Thee"?

Question

It may have been Only the Living can serve thee. In the scripture I am looking for the King is near death and his family and assciates are preparing for his death. But the King Mariculously survives. And when he as regained his strength He praises God and says something to the effect. The Living. Only the living can serve thee'

Answer 1

I'm certain that the others who have answered are correct. That the event that you're looking for is King Hezekiah.

I just wanted to add that I goggled "the living can praise thee" and I found it, not in the Bible, but in a translation of one of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Here's what I found:

English Translation of the Psalms Scroll (T'hillim) 11Q Ps
Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Column 19: Plea for Deliverance (A Noncanonical Psalm)

2. But the living can praise thee, even those who stumble can laud thee. In revealing ...

Answer 2

Isaiah 38:18-19 - A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
" For the grave cannot praise you,
death cannot sing your praise;
those who go down to the pit
cannot hope for your faithfulness.

The living, the living—they praise you,
as I am doing today;
fathers tell their children
about your faithfulness."

as mentioned above and also

Psalm 5:6 (A Psalm of David)
"No one remembers you when he is dead.
Who praises you from the grave"

Answer 3

Isaiah 38 :19, king Hezekiah

Answer 4

Isa 38:19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I [do] this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

Answer 5

Jesus tells us in Mark12:26-27 that God as the God of Abrahm,Isaac and Jacob is the God of the Living which can only mean that Abe,etc are living in God

Answer 6

Job 38:19 perhaps what you are refering to ?