Those who see me now will see me no more; you will look for me, but I will be gone.
Those who saw them will not see them again; the places where they lived will see them no more.
But he died and was gone; I looked for him, but he couldn’t be found.
You correct and punish people for their sins; like a moth, you destroy what they love. Everyone’s life is only a breath.Selah
Lord, do you need to watch me like this? Must you bring me before you to be judged?
You put my feet in chains and keep close watch wherever I go. You even mark the soles of my feet.
But if a plant is torn from its place, then that place rejects it and says, ‘I never saw you.’
But now that the baby is dead, why should I fast? I can’t bring him back to life. Someday I will go to him, but he cannot come back to me.”
If they had not been there, I would be lying dead in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
Why don’t you pardon my wrongs and forgive my sins? I will soon lie down in the dust of death. Then you will search for me, but I will be no more.”
The wicked are rich when they go to bed, but they are rich for the last time; when they open their eyes, everything is gone.
But we die, and our bodies are laid in the ground; we take our last breath and are gone.
They will fly away like a dream and not be found again; they will be chased away like a vision in the night.
After the wind blows, the flower is gone, and there is no sign of where it was.