[88:12] 1 tn Heb “known.”
[88:12] 2 tn Heb “darkness,” here a title for Sheol.
[88:12] 3 tn Heb “forgetfulness.” The noun, which occurs only here in the OT, is derived from a verbal root meaning “to forget.”
[88:12] sn The rhetorical questions in vv. 10-12 expect the answer, “Of course not!”