Soalsois the resurrectionof the dead.It is sowna perishable[body], it is raisedan imperishable[body];
By the sweatof your faceYou will eatbread,Tillyou returnto the ground,Becausefrom it you were taken;For you are dust,And to dustyou shall return."
If I callto the pit,'You are my father;To the worm,'my motherand my sister';
For You will not abandonmy soulto Sheol;Norwill You allowYour HolyOneto undergodecay.
As sheepthey are appointedfor Sheol;Deathshall be their shepherd;And the uprightshall ruleover them in the morning,And their formshall be for Sheolto consumeSothat they have nohabitation.
That he should liveon eternally,That he should not undergodecay.
"Lo,for [my own] welfareI hadgreatbitterness;It is You who has keptmy soulfrom the pitof nothingness,For You have castallmy sinsbehindYour back.
"Those who haveinsightwill shinebrightlylike the brightnessof the expanseof heaven,and those who leadthe manyto righteousness,like the starsforeverand ever.
"ThenTHE RIGHTEOUSWILL SHINE FORTHAS THE SUNin the kingdomof their Father.He who hasears,let him hear.
BECAUSEYOU WILL NOT ABANDONMY SOULTO HADES,NORALLOWYOUR HOLY ONETO UNDERGODECAY.
he looked aheadand spokeof the resurrectionof the Christ,that HE WAS NEITHERABANDONEDTO HADES,NORDID His fleshSUFFERDECAY.
and exchangedthe gloryof the incorruptibleGodfor an imagein the formof corruptiblemanand of birdsand four-footed animalsand crawling creatures.
to thosewho by perseverancein doinggoodseekfor gloryand honorand immortality,eternallife;
that the creationitselfalsowill be set freefrom its slaveryto corruptioninto the freedomof the gloryof the childrenof God.
There is onegloryof the sun,and anothergloryof the moon,and anothergloryof the stars;for stardiffersfrom starin glory.
For the one who sowsto his ownfleshwill from the fleshreapcorruption,but the one who sowsto the Spiritwill from the Spiritreapeternallife.
to [obtain] an inheritance[which is] imperishableand undefiledand will not fade away,reservedin heavenfor you,
