Job 17:14

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I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

He is carried to the grave,
and someone keeps watch over his tomb.

For You will not abandon me to Sheol;
You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay.

so that he may live forever
and not see the Pit.

because You will not leave me in Hades
or allow Your Holy One to see decay.

Since He raised Him from the dead, never to return to decay, He has spoken in this way, I will grant you the faithful covenant blessings

made to David.

So it is with the resurrection of the dead:

Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption;

Even after my skin has been destroyed,
yet I will see God in my flesh.

The womb forgets them;
worms feed on them;
they are remembered no more.
So injustice is broken like a tree.

Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol,
along with the music of your harps.
Maggots are spread out under you,
and worms cover you.”

So I began to give myself over to despair concerning all my work that I had labored at under the sun.

I said: In the prime of my life

I must go to the gates of Sheol;
I am deprived of the rest of my years.