It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, since that is the end of all mankind, and the living should take it to heart.

Yes, I know that You will lead me to death-- the place appointed for all who live.

And just as it is appointed for people to die once-- and after this, judgment--

If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.

For there is no remembrance of You in death; who can thank You in Sheol?

Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah

Will Your faithful love be declared in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?

Yet You are our Father, even though Abraham does not know us and Israel doesn't recognize us. You, LORD, are our Father; from ancient times, Your name is our Redeemer.

For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man, since in the days to come both will be forgotten. How is it that the wise man dies just like the fool?

In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they did so. This too is futile.

The eye of anyone who looks on me will no longer see me. Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.

He will never return to his house; his hometown will no longer remember him.

Let their sins always remain before the LORD, and let Him cut off [all] memory of them from the earth.

The dead do not live; departed spirits do not rise up. Indeed, You have visited and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.