The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more; while thy eyes are upon me, I shall be gone.
The eye which saw him will see him no more, nor will his place any more behold him.
Again I passed by, and lo, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found.
When thou dost chasten man with rebukes for sin, thou dost consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely every man is a mere breath! Selah
And dost thou open thy eyes upon such a one and bring him into judgment with thee?
Thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and watchest all my paths; thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet.
If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, 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.”
For then I should have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then I should have been at rest,
Why dost thou not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be.”
He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.
But man dies, and is laid low; man breathes his last, and where is he?
He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; he 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.