²¹ before I go to the place of no return,^(A)
    to the land of gloom and utter darkness,^(B)

¹⁰ But a man dies and is laid low;^(A)
    he breathes his last and is no more.^(B)
11 As the water of a lake dries up
    or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,^(C)
12 so he lies down and does not rise;^(D)
    till the heavens are no more,^(E) people will not awake
    or be roused from their sleep.^(F)