11. As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
12. So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens shall be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
13. O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave, that thou wouldst keep me secret, until thy wrath is past, that thou wouldst appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14. If a man dieth, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change shall come.
15. Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thy hands.
16. For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
17. My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up my iniquity.
18. And surely the mountain falling cometh to naught, and the rock is removed out of its place.
19. The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
20. Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21. His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.