For the livingknowthey will die;but the deaddo not knowanything,norhavethey anylongera reward,for their memoryis forgotten.
"For we will surelydieand are like waterspilledon the groundwhichcannotbe gatheredup again. Yet Goddoes not takeaway life,but planswaysso that the banishedonewill not be castout from him.
"His sonsachievehonor,but he does not know[it]; Or they becomeinsignificant,but he does not perceiveit.
"For I knowthat You will bringme to deathAnd to the houseof meetingfor allliving.
Let them be beforethe LORDcontinually,That He may cutofftheir memoryfrom the earth;
For thereis nomentionof You in death;In Sheolwhowill giveYou thanks?
But I, O LORD,have criedout to You for help,And in the morningmy prayercomesbeforeYou.
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!
It is betterto goto a houseof mourningThanto goto a houseof feasting,Becausethat is the endof everyman,And the livingtakes[it] to heart.
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.
Whateveryour handfindsto do,do[it] with [all] your might;for thereis noactivityor planningor knowledgeor wisdomin Sheolwhereyou are going.
For whoeveris joinedwith allthe living,thereis hope;surelya livedogis betterthana deadlion.
The deadwill not live,the departedspiritswill not rise;ThereforeYou have punishedand destroyedthem, And You have wipedout allremembranceof them.
For You are our Father,thoughAbrahamdoes not knowus And Israeldoes not recognizeus. You, O LORD,are our Father,Our Redeemerfrom of oldis Your name.
"Finallythe womandiedalso.
And inasmuchas it is appointedfor mento dieonceand afterthis[comes] judgment,
