⁵ Since their days are determined,
    and the number of their months is known to you,
    and you have appointed the bounds that they cannot pass,^(A)

¹⁰ In his hand is the life of every living thing
    and the breath of every human being.^(A)

²⁹ When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
    when you take away their breath, they die
    and return to their dust.^(A)

²¹ For what do they care for their household after them,
    when the number of their months is cut off?

¹³ But he stands alone, and who can dissuade him?
    What he desires, that he does.^(A)
14 For he will complete what he appoints for me,
    and many such things are in his mind.^(B)