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.
"You will treaddownthe wicked,for they will be ashesunderthe solesof your feeton the daywhichI am preparing,"saysthe LORDof hosts.
Ordo you not knowthat the saintswill judgethe world?Ifthe worldis judgedby you, are you not competent[to] [constitute] the smallestlaw courts?
untilthe Ancientof Dayscameand judgmentwas passedin favor of the saintsof the HighestOne,and the timearrivedwhen the saintstookpossessionof the kingdom.
"For I knowthat You will bringme to deathAnd to the houseof meetingfor allliving.
Justas it is written,"FOR YOUR SAKEWE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATHALLDAYLONG; WE WERE CONSIDEREDAS SHEEPTO BE SLAUGHTERED."
that you may eatand drinkat My tablein My kingdom,and you will siton thronesjudgingthe twelvetribesof Israel.
But the saintsof the HighestOnewill receivethe kingdomand possessthe kingdomforever,for allagesto come.'
"With reproofsYou chastena manfor iniquity;You consumeas a mothwhat is preciousto him; Surelyeverymanis a merebreath.Selah.
For His angeris but for a moment,His favoris for a lifetime;Weepingmay lastfor the night,But a shoutof joy[comes] in the morning.
"So let us know,let us presson to knowthe LORD.His goingforthis as certainas the dawn;And He will cometo us like the rain,Like the springrainwateringthe earth."
But You knowme, O LORD;You seeme; And You examinemy heart's[attitude] towardYou. Dragthem offlike sheepfor the slaughterAnd setthem apartfor a dayof carnage!
then the dustwill returnto the earthas it was, and the spiritwill returnto Godwhogaveit.
He subduespeoplesunderus And nationsunderour feet.
You giveus as sheepto be eatenAnd have scatteredus among the nations.
The wickedwill returnto Sheol,[Even] allthe nationswhoforgetGod.
"Togetherthey liedownin the dust,And wormscoverthem.
"They spendtheir daysin prosperity,And suddenlythey godownto Sheol.
Is not their tent-cordpluckedup within them? They die,yet withoutwisdom.'