⁸ The eye that now sees me will see me no longer;
    you will look for me, but I will be no more.^(A)

²¹ Why do you not pardon my offenses
    and forgive my sins?^(A)
For I will soon lie down in the dust;^(B)
    you will search for me, but I will be no more.”^(C)

⁵ I will leave you in the desert,
    you and all the fish of your streams.
You will fall on the open field
    and not be gathered^(A) or picked up.
I will give you as food
    to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky.^(B)