“His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.”
“For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.”
“The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.”
“So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.”
“As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.”
“All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.”
“For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?”
“What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?”
“The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.”
“Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.”
“For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.”
“The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.”
“The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.”
“Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.”
“But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?”
“He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.”
“They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.”
“He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.”
“And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.”
“Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;”
“For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.”
“Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.”
“He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.”
“Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.”
“Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.”