¹¹ I said, “I will not again see the Lord himself^(A)
    in the land of the living;^(B)
no longer will I look on my fellow man,
    or be with those who now dwell in this world.

¹³ I remain confident of this:
    I will see the goodness of the Lord^(A)
    in the land of the living.^(B)

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)
6 Their love, their hate
    and their jealousy have long since vanished;
never again will they have a part
    in anything that happens under the sun.^(D)

⁸ For you, Lord, have delivered me^(A) from death,
    my eyes from tears,
    my feet from stumbling,
⁹ that I may walk before the Lord^(B)
    in the land of the living.^(C)