And I, behold, I [am] about to bring the flood waters over the earth to destroy all flesh in which [is] the breath of life from under the heaven; everything that [is] on the earth shall perish.

"But a man dies, and he dwindles away; thus a human being passes away, and where is he?

"My spirit is pulled down; my days are extinguished; [the] graveyard [is] for me.

For {as long as} my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nose,

And [now] you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven, and the vessels of his temple you have brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have been drinking wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone that [do] not see and [do] not hear and [do] not know, but the God {who holds your life in his hand} and all of your ways {come from him}, you have not honored.

He returneth

You return man to [the] dust, {saying}, "Return, O sons of man."

By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, until your return to the ground. For from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."

And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.

His thoughts

His children may [come to] honor, but he does not know [it]; or they may become lowly, but he does not realize it.

"My days are past; my plans are broken down-- [even] the desires of my heart.

Turn away from humanity, who [has] breath in its nostrils, for by what [is] it esteemed?

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed one of Yahweh, was captured in their pits; of whom we said, "In his shadow we will live among the nations."

Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but wisdom not of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing,

General references

With the death of a wicked person, hope will die, and the expectation of the godless perishes.