If he set his heart upon himself,\par\tab {\i If} he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled;\par\tab Thou takest away their breath, they die,\par\tab And return to their dust.
{\i He is} wise in heart, and mighty in strength:\par\tab Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered?—
And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him,\par\tab And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,\par\tab And the breath of all mankind?
Thou turnest man to destruction,\par\tab And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.