⁵ For the living know that they will die,
    but the dead know nothing;^(A)
they have no further reward,
    and even their name^(B) is forgotten.^(C)

¹⁶ For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered;^(A)
    the days have already come when both have been forgotten.^(B)
Like the fool, the wise too must die!^(C)

⁷ The name of the righteous^(A) is used in blessings,^[a]
    but the name of the wicked^(B) will rot.^(C)

“But my righteous^[a] one will live by faith.^(A)
    And I take no pleasure
    in the one who shrinks back.”^[b](B)