³³ Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.

²⁷ and as it is laid up to men once to die, and after this -- judgment,

²³ For I have known To death Thou dost bring me back, And `to' the house appointed for all living.

⁷ And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.

⁸ There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.

⁴ A generation is going, and a generation is coming, and the earth to the age is standing.

²⁴ High they were `for' a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all `others' they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.

¹⁶ `To' the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.

²² Who are glad -- unto joy, They rejoice when they find a grave.

¹⁷ There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.

¹⁸ Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,

¹⁹ Small and great `are' there the same. And a servant `is' free from his lord.

¹⁹ by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou `art', and unto dust thou turnest back.'