¹⁷ for they will take nothing^(A) with them when they die,
    their splendor will not descend with them.^(B)
18 Though while they live they count themselves blessed—^(C)
    and people praise you when you prosper—
¹⁹ they will join those who have gone before them,^(D)
    who will never again see the light^(E) of life.