41 ¹ O death, how bitter is the reminder of you
to one who lives at peace among his possessions,
to a man without distractions,
who is prosperous in everything,
and who still has the vigor to enjoy his food!
41 ² O death, how welcome is your sentence
to one who is in need and is failing in strength,
very old and distracted over everything;
to one who is contrary, and has lost his patience!
41 ³ Do not fear the sentence of death;
remember your former days and the end of life;
this is the decree from the Lord for all flesh,
41 ⁴ and how can you reject the good pleasure of the Most High?
Whether life is for ten or a hundred or a thousand years,
there is no inquiry about it in Hades.