And when he came in, he ate and drank. Then he said, Go now, see to this accursed woman, and bury her, for she was a king's daughter.

And they went to bury her, but they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.

They are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that a storm steals away.

Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and a vigil kept over the tomb.

The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him; everyone shall drag along after him, as countless ones before him.

So it happened that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.

i1 [A Song of Ascents of David.] i0 par I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of Jehovah.

Jerusalem is built like a city that has been joined together,

For thrones are set there for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

They also set up false witnesses who said, This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the Law;

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!

For the living know that they shall die; but the dead do not know anything, nor do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.

The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot.

O Jehovah, the Hope of Israel, all who forsake You shall be ashamed. Those who depart from Me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the Fountain of Living Waters.

Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, My soul is not pleased with him.