And when he had gone 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."

So 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 carries 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 follow him, As countless [have gone] before him.

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

A Song of Ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go into the house of the LORD."

Jerusalem is built As a city that is compact 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 more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever, Since all that now [is] will be forgotten in the days to come. And how does a wise [man] die? As the fool!

For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten.

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

The memory of the righteous [is] blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot.

O LORD, 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 the LORD, The fountain of living waters."

Now the just shall live by faith; But if [anyone] draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him."