For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek.
One dies in his full vigor, being wholly at ease and secure, his pails full of milk and the marrow of his bones moist.
The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried,
For of the wise as of the fool there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise dies just like the fool!
from men by your hand, O Lord, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.
They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.
The womb forgets them; the worm finds them sweet; they are no longer remembered, so wickedness is broken like a tree.’
In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing.
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