Sothen, I have seenthe wickedburied,those who used to goin and out from the holyplace,and they are [soon] forgottenin the citywherethey didthus.Thistoois futility.
"Are they as strawbeforethe wind,And like chaffwhich the stormcarriesaway?
I am forgottenas a deadman,out of mind;I amlike a brokenvessel.
The memoryof the righteousis blessed,But the nameof the wickedwill rot.
Thereis noremembranceof earlierthings;And alsoof the laterthingswhichwill occur,There will be for them noremembranceAmongthose whowill comelater[still].
For thereis nolastingremembranceof the wiseman[as] with the fool,inasmuchas [in] the comingdaysallwill be forgotten.And howthe wisemanand the foolalikedie!
But there was foundin it a poorwisemanand he deliveredthe cityby his wisdom.Yet noonerememberedthat poorman.
For the livingknowthey will die;but the deaddo not knowanything,norhavethey anylongera reward,for their memoryis forgotten.
O LORD,the hopeof Israel,Allwho forsakeYou will be putto shame.Those who turnawayon earthwill be writtendown,Becausethey have forsakenthe fountainof livingwater,even the LORD.
"Nowthe poor mandiedand was carried awayby the angelsto Abraham'sbosom;and the rich manalsodiedand was buried.
They put forwardfalse witnesseswho said,"Thismanincessantlyspeaksagainstthisholyplaceand the Law;
BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONESHALL LIVEBY FAITH;AND IFHE SHRINKS BACK,MY SOULHASNOPLEASUREIN HIM.
