And the mighty men who had beauty and goodly limbs, and those who had knowledge and understanding, and those who had a pleasant voice like the voice of a sounding organ, and like the striking of the harp and the lyre.
And their right hand was strong, like one who gives and takes and casts; and their feet were fair to look upon, and for those who run, they were like straight axles.
And you also, O earth, because you have gathered to yourself many bodies which the Lord brought forth from you and returned to you; from you we went forth, and to you we returned, by the will of the Lord; we rejoiced over you by the will of the Lord.
We drank from the dew of your springs, and you drank from the spring of our blood; we ate from the marrow of your earth, and you ate from the marrow of our bones.
We ate from the savor of your good ashen dew, even as the Lord commanded you for our food; and you took the beauty of our flesh and made it dust, even as the Lord commanded you for your food.
O Death, who from yourself have gathered together many mighty kings and princes, and were not afraid of their majesty or their greatness, even as He who created them commanded you, neither did you spare the poor.
And you had no mercy on those of goodly beauty, and you did not spare the mighty and the strong, and you did not spare the rich or the wretched poor, or the goodly aged, or the young children, men and women.
And you did not spare those who thought good thoughts and did not transgress His commandment, neither did you spare those who thought evil thoughts—those who were like beasts in their deeds, and those who were perfect in the beauty of their form and their voice and the sweetness of their speech.
And you did not spare those whose words were bitter and whose mouths were full of cursing; and you gathered their souls into your storehouses, whether of light or of darkness.
And those who labored shall be requited according to their deeds which they did; for at the blowing of the trumpet, and at the commandment of the Lord, the dead shall rise as in the twinkling of an eye, and those who did good shall rejoice.