Will the dead live again? All my days are a struggle; I will wait until my change comes.
But Barzillai answered the king, “Do you know how old I am? Do you think I can go with you to Jerusalem?
Even if God kills me, I have hope in him; I will still defend my ways to his face.
“I wish you would hide me in the grave; hide me until your anger is gone. I wish you would set a time and then remember me!
You will call, and I will answer you; you will desire the creature your hands have made.
Our time is limited. You have given us only so many months to live and have set limits we cannot go beyond.
but they will be gone forever, like their own dung. People who knew them will say, ‘Where are they?’
After this, Job lived one hundred forty years. He lived to see his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.
“People have a hard task on earth, and their days are like those of a laborer.
Wait for the Lord’s help. Be strong and brave, and wait for the Lord’s help.
Both end up the same way; both came from dust and both will go back to dust.
I will wait for the Lord to help us, the Lord who is ashamed of the family of Israel. I will wait for him.
Why do any of you people think it is impossible for God to raise people from the dead?
By his power to rule all things, he will change our humble bodies and make them like his own glorious body.
The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. Each person was judged by what he had done.