{Yet} he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where {is} he?

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity. {destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces}

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are {as} a sleep: in the morning {they are} like grass {which} groweth up. {groweth...: or, is changed}

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; {it is} that they shall be destroyed for ever:

Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. {without...: Heb. without desire}

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

The memory of the just {is} blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

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

O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day {even} to night wilt thou make an end of me. {with...: or, from the thrum}

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

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he {was} not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

When a few years are come, then I shall go the way {whence} I shall not return. {a few...: Heb. years of number}

{Yet} he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where {is} he?

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day {even} to night wilt thou make an end of me. {with...: or, from the thrum}

For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.