16. My son, let your tears fall over the dead, And as one that suffers grievously begin lamentation; And wind up his body according to his due, And neglect not his burial.
17. Make bitter weeping, and make passionate wailing, And let your mourning be according to his desert, For one day or two, lest you be evil spoken of: And so be comforted for your sorrow.
18. For of sorrow comes death, And sorrow of heart will bow down the strength.
19. In calamity sorrow also remains: And the poor man’s life is grievous to the heart.
20. Give not your heart to sorrow: Put it away, remembering the last end:
21. Forget it not, for there is no returning again: Him you shall not profit, and you will hurt yourself.
22. Remember the sentence upon him; for so also shall your be; Yesterday for me, and today for you.
23. When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest; And be comforted for him, when his spirit departs from him.