"I am the resurrection and the life....
"Lord, Thou hast been our refuge: from one generation to another....
"Thou turnest man to destruction....
"They are even as a sleep: and fade away suddenly like the grass....
"In the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered....
"For we consume away in Thy displeasure....
"Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live.... He cometh up and is cut down, like a flower....
"In the midst of life we are in death....
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust....
"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.... For they rest from their labours...."