Sirach 38:17-19

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁷ Let your weeping be bitter and your wailing fervent;
    observe the mourning according to his merit,
for one day, or two, to avoid criticism;
    then be comforted for your sorrow.
¹⁸ For sorrow results in death,
    and sorrow of heart saps one’s strength.
¹⁹ In calamity sorrow continues,
    and the life of the poor man weighs down his heart.