“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
    and naked I will depart.^[a](A)
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;^(B)
    may the name of the Lord be praised.”^(C)

¹⁷ for they will take nothing^(A) with them when they die,
    their splendor will not descend with them.^(B)

¹⁵ Everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb,
    and as everyone comes, so they depart.^(A)
They take nothing from their toil^(B)
    that they can carry in their hands.^(C)