Seeing his days {are} determined, the number of his months {are} with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

What man {is he that} liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? {of man: Heb. of the sons of man} {goeth upward: Heb. is ascending, etc}

The wicked shall be turned into hell, {and} all the nations that forget God.

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

If he set his heart upon man, {if} he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; {man: Heb. him}

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you. {in him: or, with him}

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. {trodden...: Heb. a treading down to it}

For we must needs die, and {are} as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect {any} person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. {neither...: or, because God hath not taken away his life, he hath also devised means, etc}

God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of {thy} dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. {destroy...: Heb. beat thee down}

And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way {was} full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, {and} a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God {is} with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

What man {is he that} liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Lo, {this is} the man {that} made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, {and} strengthened himself in his wickedness. {wickedness: or, substance}

That he should still live for ever, {and} not see corruption.

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

O death, where {is} thy sting? O grave, where {is} thy victory? {grave: or, hell}

The small and great are there; and the servant {is} free from his master.

{Is there} not an appointed time to man upon earth? {are not} his days also like the days of an hireling? {an appointed...: or, a warfare}

For I know {that} thou wilt bring me {to} death, and {to} the house appointed for all living.

Shall they escape by iniquity? in {thine} anger cast down the people, O God.

A good {man} obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all {is} vanity.

For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I {am}, and none else beside me. {perverted...: or, caused thee to turn away}

For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision {is} touching the whole multitude thereof, {which} shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. {although they...: Heb. though their life were yet among the living} {in the...: or, whose life is in his iniquity} {the iniquity: Heb. his iniquity}

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as {there are} innumerable before him.

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

Lo, their good {is} not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;