40 Great travail is created for every man.

A heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam,

from the day of their coming forth from their mother’s womb,

until the day for their burial in the mother of all things.

2 The expectation of things to come, and the day of death,

trouble their thoughts, and cause fear in their hearts.

3 From him who sits on a throne of glory,

even to him who is humbled in earth and ashes,

4 from him who wears purple and a crown,

even to him who is clothed in burlap,

5 there is wrath, jealousy, trouble, unrest,

fear of death, anger, and strife.

In the time of rest upon his bed,

his night sleep changes his knowledge.

6 He gets little or no rest,

and afterward in his sleep, as in a day of keeping watch,

he is troubled in the vision of his heart,

as one who has escaped from the front of battle.

7 In the very time of his deliverance, he awakens,

and marvels that the fear is nothing.

8 To all creatures, human and animal,

and upon sinners sevenfold more,

9 come death, bloodshed, strife, sword,

calamities, famine, suffering, and deadly diseases.

10 All these things were created for the wicked,

and because of them the flood came.

11 All things that are of the earth turn to the earth again.

All things that are of the waters return into the sea.