⁴ When they breathe their last, they return to the earth,
    and all their plans die with them.

²⁹ But if you turn away from them, they panic.
    When you take away their breath,
    they die and turn again to dust.

¹⁹ By the sweat of your brow
    will you have food to eat
until you return to the ground
    from which you were made.
For you were made from dust,
    and to dust you will return.”

¹⁰ The Lord frustrates the plans of the nations
    and thwarts all their schemes.

³ As long as I live,
    while I have breath from God,

¹¹ My days are over.
    My hopes have disappeared.
    My heart’s desires are broken.

²¹ They never know if their children grow up in honor
    or sink to insignificance.