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10 But we die, and our bodies are laid in the ground.
    We take our last breath and are gone.
11 Water disappears from a lake.
    And a river loses its water and dries up.
12 In the same way we lie down and do not rise again.
    We will not get up or be awakened
    until the heavens disappear.

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10 But a man dies and is laid low;(A)
    he breathes his last and is no more.(B)
11 As the water of a lake dries up
    or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,(C)
12 so he lies down and does not rise;(D)
    till the heavens are no more,(E) people will not awake
    or be roused from their sleep.(F)

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