²⁰ You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;^(A)
    you change their countenance and send them away.^(B)

⁸ But now they are blacker^(A) than soot;
    they are not recognized in the streets.
Their skin has shriveled on their bones;^(B)
    it has become as dry as a stick.

⁸ As no one has power over the wind to contain it,
    so^[a] no one has power over the time of their death.
As no one is discharged in time of war,
    so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

¹⁴ If someone dies, will they live again?
    All the days of my hard service^(A)
    I will wait for my renewal^[a](B) to come.