Those who see me now will see me no more; you will look for me, but I will be gone.
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.”
You put my feet in chains and keep close watch wherever I go. You even mark the soles of my feet.
But we die, and our bodies are laid in the ground; we take our last breath and are gone.
Lord, do you need to watch me like this? Must you bring me before you to be judged?
They will fly away like a dream and not be found again; they will be chased away like a vision in the night.
Those who saw them will not see them again; the places where they lived will see them 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.
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.”
But if a plant is torn from its place, then that place rejects it and says, ‘I never saw you.’
After the wind blows, the flower is gone, and there is no sign of where it was.
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