8 because the payment for a human life is too great.What we could pay would never be enough
9 to keep us from the grave,to let us live forever.
10 Anyone can see that even the wise die,as well as the foolish and stupid.They all leave their riches to their descendants.
11 Their graves are their homes forever;there they stay for all time,though they once had lands of their own.
12 Our greatness cannot keep us from death;we will still die like the animals.
13 See what happens to those who trust in themselves,the fate of those who are satisfied with their wealth—
14 they are doomed to die like sheep,and Death will be their shepherd.The righteous will triumph over them,as their bodies quickly decayin the world of the dead far from their homes.