"I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister."
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And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;
I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' To the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;'
To corruption I have called: -- `Thou `art' my father.' `My mother' and `my sister' -- to the worm.