¹⁹ The small and the great are there,
    and the slaves are free from their masters.

²² who rejoice exceedingly
    and are glad when they find the grave?

¹⁶ Will it go down to the bars of Sheol?
    Shall we descend together into the dust?”^(A)

²⁴ They are exalted a little while and then are gone;
    they wither and fade like the mallow;^[a]
    they are cut off like the heads of grain.^(A)