He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.