There the prisoners are at ease together; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

The small and great are there, and the slave is free from his master.

His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.

All happens alike to everyone; there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him who sacrifices, and to him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner. He who swears is as he who fears an oath.

if I have said to corruption, You are my father, and to the worm, You are my mother and my sister;

and after my skin has been struck off from my flesh, I shall see God:

Like sheep they are appointed to the grave; death shall shepherd them, and the upright shall have the rule over them in the morning; their form is consumed; Sheol is their home.

Your arrogance is brought down to Sheol, and the noise of your lutes. The maggot is spread under you, and the worms cover you.