Sirach 41:1-3

Good News Translation

Death

41 Death! The very thought of it is bitter to someone who is prosperous, living peacefully with his possessions, free of worries, and still able to enjoy his food.

² Death! Its sentence is welcome to someone living in poverty, with failing health, very old, burdened with worries, blind, and without hope.^[a]

³ Do not be afraid of death's decree. Remember that it came to those before you and will come to those after you.