At your command we die and turn back to dust,
You will sweat all your life to earn a living; you were made out of soil, and you will once again turn into soil.”
So our bodies return to the earth, and the life-giving breath returns to God.
Once they die and are buried, that will be the end of all their plans.
But when you turn away, they are terrified; when you end their life, they die and rot.
Every living creature is in the hands of God.
You sinful people who ganged up against me will die here in the desert.
