The eye of him that seeth 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 one passed by, and, lo, he was not: Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: Surely every man is vanity. [Selah
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:
If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers; He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, 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 passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more.