and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
that he should live on forever and not see decay.
because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings
He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanke
The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.
Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.