My enemies have hunted me down and completely defeated me. They have put me in a dark prison, and I am like those who died long ago.

I am going soon and will never come back--- going to a land that is dark and gloomy,

a land of darkness, shadows, and confusion, where the light itself is darkness.

or stare at the ground, but they will see nothing but trouble and darkness, terrifying darkness into which they are being driven.

But those who should be in the Kingdom will be thrown out into the darkness, where they will cry and gnash their teeth."

They are like wild waves of the sea, with their shameful deeds showing up like foam. They are like wandering stars, for whom God has reserved a place forever in the deepest darkness.

For even though you know all this, I want to remind you of how the Lord once rescued the people of Israel from Egypt, but afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

No one remembers the wise, and no one remembers fools. In days to come, we will all be forgotten. We must all die---wise and foolish alike.

Yes, I have seen the wicked buried and in their graves, but on the way back from the cemetery people praise them in the very city where they did their evil. It is useless.

Yes, the living know they are going to die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward; they are completely forgotten.