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And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.

Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

Both low and high, rich and poor, together.

Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.

There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,