³³ The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

²⁷ And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

²³ For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

⁷ Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

⁸ There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

⁴ One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

²⁴ They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

¹⁶ They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

²² Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

¹⁷ There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

¹⁸ There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

¹⁹ The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.