The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
For now should I have lain still 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 sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Yet he passed away, 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.