³³ The earth of the valley covering his bones is sweet to him, and all men come after him, as there were unnumbered before him.

²⁷ And because by God's law death comes to men once, and after that they are judged;

²³ For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.

⁷ And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.

⁸ No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.

⁴ One generation goes and another comes; but the earth is for ever.

²⁴ For a short time they are lifted up; then they are gone; they are made low, they are pulled off like fruit, and like the heads of grain they are cut off.

¹⁶ Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust?

²² Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;

¹⁷ There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.

¹⁸ There the prisoners are at peace together; the voice of the overseer comes not again to their ears.

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

¹⁹ With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.