²⁶ They ^(A)lie down alike in the dust,
And worms cover them.

¹¹ Your pomp is brought down to Sheol,
And the sound of your stringed instruments;
The maggot is spread under you,
And worms cover you.’

¹¹ His bones are full of ^(A)his youthful vigor,
^(B)But it will lie down with him in the dust.

¹⁸ There the prisoners ^[a]rest together;
^(A)They do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
¹⁹ The small and great are there,
And the servant is free from his master.

¹⁴ Like sheep they are laid in the grave;
Death shall feed on them;
^(A)The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;
^(B)And their beauty shall be consumed in ^[a]the grave, far from their dwelling.

²⁰ The womb should forget him,
The worm should feed sweetly on him;
^(A)He should be remembered no more,
And wickedness should be broken like a tree.

²⁶ And after my skin is ^[a]destroyed, this I know,
That ^(A)in my flesh I shall see God,

¹⁴ If I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’
And to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister,’