²⁶ They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.

² All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; `and' he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

¹¹ Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, `and' the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.

¹¹ His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.

¹⁸ There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

¹⁹ The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.

¹⁴ If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, `Thou art' my mother, and my sister;

²⁶ And after my skin, `even' this `body', is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;

²⁰ The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.

¹⁴ They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.