The eye that beholds me will see me no more; while your eyes are upon me, I shall be gone.
The eye that saw them will see them no more, nor will their place behold them any longer.
Again I passed by, and they were no more; though I sought them, they could not be found.
“You chastise mortals in punishment for sin, consuming like a moth what is dear to them; surely everyone is a mere breath. Selah
Do you fix your eyes on such a one? Do you bring me into judgment with you?
You put my feet in the stocks and watch all my paths; you set a bound to the soles of my feet.
If they are destroyed from their place, then it will deny them, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’
But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”
Now I would be lying down and quiet; I would be asleep; then I would be at rest
Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; you will seek me, but I shall not be.”
They go to bed with wealth but will do so no more; they open their eyes, and it is gone.
But mortals die and are laid low; humans expire, and where are they?
They will fly away like a dream and not be found; they will be chased away like a vision of the night.
for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more.