¹⁴ if I say to corruption,^(A) ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm,^(B) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’

²⁶ Side by side they lie in the dust,^(A)
    and worms^(B) cover them both.^(C)

²⁰ The womb forgets them,
    the worm^(A) feasts on them;^(B)
the wicked are no longer remembered^(C)
    but are broken like a tree.^(D)

⁶ how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot—
    a human being,^(A) who is only a worm!”^(B)

¹¹ All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,^(A)
    along with the noise of your harps;^(B)
maggots are spread out beneath you
    and worms^(C) cover you.^(D)