10  pBut man dieth, and †wasteth away:

Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and qwhere is he?

11  As qqthe waters fail from the sea,

qqAnd the flood decayeth and drieth up:

12  So man lieth down, and riseth not:

rTill the heavens be no more, they shall not awake,

Nor be raised out of their sleep.

13  O that thou wouldest shide me in the grave,

That thou wouldest skeep me secret, tuntil thy wrath be past,

That thou wouldest appoint me ua set time, and remember me!

14  wIf a man die, shall he live again?

All the days of my xappointed time ywill I wait,

Till my zchange come.

15  aThou shalt call, and I will answer thee:

Thou wilt have a desire to bthe work of thine hands.

16  For now thou cnumberest my steps:

Dost thou not dwatch over my sin?

17  My transgression is esealed up in a bag,

And thou fsewest up mine iniquity.

18  And surely the mountain falling †cometh to nought,

And gthe rock is removed out of his place.

19  The waters hwear the stones:

Thou †washest away ithe things which grow out of the dust of the earth;

And thou destroyest the hope of man.

20  Thou kprevailest lfor ever against him, and mhe passeth:

Thou changest his countenance, and nsendest him away.

21  His sons ocome to honour, and phe knoweth it not;

And they oare brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.