For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever, since that which is now shall all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise man die? Same as the fool!

Nevertheless man, though precious, does not remain; he is like the animals that perish.

A man with honor, but lacking understanding, is like the animals that perish.

A brutish man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.

When the wicked spring up like grass, and when all the workers of iniquity blossom, it is that they may be destroyed forever.

For we die the death and are like water poured on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away a soul; but has devised plans, so that His banished ones are not thrust away from Him.

But a strong man dies and is laid away; indeed man expires and where is he?

so man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake nor be aroused from their sleep.

You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

Therefore I turned my heart to despair over all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

For what has man from all his labor, and from the striving of his heart, in which he has labored under the sun?

Behold, You have made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before You. Surely every man, even though standing tall, is total vanity. Selah.

Surely every man walks about like a shadow! Surely they are stirred up in vain. He heaps up the produce, and does not know who shall gather it.

Remember the time of life; why have you created the sons of men for vanity?

What strong man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah