1 O death, how bitter is the memory of you to a man who is at peace in his possessions,
2 O death, your sentence is acceptable to a man who is needy and who fails in strength,
3 Don’t be afraid of the sentence of death.
4 And why do you refuse when it is the good pleasure of the Most High?
5 The children of sinners are abominable children
6 The inheritance of sinners’ children will perish
7 Children will complain of an ungodly father,
8 Woe to you, ungodly men,
9 If you are born, you will be born to a curse.
10 All things that are of the earth will go back to the earth;
11 The mourning of men is about their bodies;
12 Have regard for your name,
13 A good life has its number of days,
14 My children, follow instruction in peace.
15 Better is a man who hides his foolishness
16 Therefore show respect for my words;
17 Be ashamed of sexual immorality before father and mother,
18 of an offence before a judge and ruler,
19 and of theft in the place where you sojourn.
20 of silence before those who greet you,
21 of turning away your face from a kinsman,
22 of meddling with his maid—and don’t come near her bed,
23 of repeating and speaking what you have heard,
24 So you will be ashamed of the right things