¹⁹ The small and the great are there,^(A)
    and the slaves are freed from their owners.

²³ I know you will bring me down to death,^(A)
    to the place appointed for all the living.^(B)

⁷ and the dust returns^(A) to the ground it came from,
    and the spirit returns to God^(B) who gave it.^(C)

⁵ when people are afraid of heights
    and of dangers in the streets;
when the almond tree blossoms
    and the grasshopper drags itself along
    and desire no longer is stirred.
Then people go to their eternal home^(A)
    and mourners^(B) go about the streets.

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 They are like sheep and are destined^(A) to die;^(B)
    death will be their shepherd
    (but the upright will prevail^(C) over them in the morning).
Their forms will decay in the grave,
    far from their princely mansions.
¹⁵ But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;^(D)
    he will surely take me to himself.^(E)
16 Do not be overawed when others grow rich,
    when the splendor of their houses increases;
¹⁷ for they will take nothing^(F) with them when they die,
    their splendor will not descend with them.^(G)
18 Though while they live they count themselves blessed—^(H)
    and people praise you when you prosper—
¹⁹ they will join those who have gone before them,^(I)
    who will never again see the light^(J) of life.

²⁰ People who have wealth but lack understanding^(K)
    are like the beasts that perish.^(L)

⁶ those who trust in their wealth^(A)
    and boast^(B) of their great riches?^(C)
7 No one can redeem the life of another
    or give to God a ransom for them—
⁸ the ransom^(D) for a life is costly,
    no payment is ever enough—^(E)
9 so that they should live on^(F) forever
    and not see decay.^(G)
10 For all can see that the wise die,^(H)
    that the foolish and the senseless^(I) also perish,
    leaving their wealth^(J) to others.^(K)