²⁰ The womb forgets them,
    the worm^(A) feasts on them;^(B)
the wicked are no longer remembered^(C)
    but are broken like a tree.^(D)

⁷ The name of the righteous^(A) is used in blessings,^[a]
    but the name of the wicked^(B) will rot.^(C)

¹⁶ His roots dry up below^(A)
    and his branches wither above.^(B)
17 The memory of him perishes from the earth;^(C)
    he has no name^(D) in the land.^(E)

¹⁴ They are now dead,^(A) they live no more;
    their spirits^(B) do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;^(C)
    you wiped out all memory of them.^(D)

²⁶ And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet^[a] in^[b] my flesh I will see God;^(A)

¹⁴ if I say to corruption,^(A) ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm,^(B) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’