Before I go {whence} I shall not return, {even} to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves {are ready} for me. {breath...: or, spirit is spent}

For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

If I ascend up into heaven, thou {art} there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou {art there}.

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

He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, {each one} walking {in} his uprightness. {enter into: or, go in} {in his...: or, before him}

If a man die, shall he live {again}? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

The LORD {is} good unto them that wait for him, to the soul {that} seeketh him.

Also {when} they shall be afraid of {that which is} high, and fears {shall be} in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. {beauty: or, strength} {in the grave from...: or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them}

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves {are ready} for me. {breath...: or, spirit is spent}

Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou {art}, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, {and} the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where {is} he? {wasteth...: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off}