Sirach 41:2-4

Good News Translation

² Death! Its sentence is welcome to someone living in poverty, with failing health, very old, burdened with worries, blind, and without hope.^[a]

³ Do not be afraid of death's decree. Remember that it came to those before you and will come to those after you. ⁴ The Lord has decreed it for every living creature. Who are you to object to what the Most High wishes? In the world of the dead no one will care whether you lived ten years, a hundred, or a thousand.