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

⁷ The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.

¹⁴ He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the animals get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.

¹⁶ His roots shall be dried up beneath, Above shall his branch be cut off.

¹⁷ His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street.

⁷ "For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, That the tender branch of it will not cease.

⁸ Though the root of it grows old in the earth, And the stock of it dies in the ground;

⁹ Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.

¹⁰ But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

¹⁴ If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' To the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;'

²⁶ After my skin is destroyed, Then in my flesh shall I see God,

¹⁰ So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.

¹⁴ [They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and made all memory of them to perish.

¹⁰ "Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.