The eye of him who sees me shall behold me no more. Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.
The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him.
But I passed by, and, lo, he was not. Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
When thou have corrected man with rebukes for iniquity, thou make his beauty to disintegrate like a moth. Surely every man is vanity. Selah.
And do thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bring me into judgment with thee?
Thou also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. Thou set a bound to the soles of my feet.
If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.
But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
For now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept. Then I would have been at rest
And why do thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lay down in the dust, and thou will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
He lays down rich, but he shall not be gathered [to his fathers]. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
But man dies, and is laid low. Yea, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more.