Oh, thou that seekest to escape death.

Believest thou that thou will?

Where canst thou go dwell

That thou mayest escape death?

Thou goeth east-west, and found, but death;

To the north-south, the same reigneth.

Thou seekest with all thine being,

Yet found no escape wing.

Oh if you'd hear me today!

Prepare thou well to die

That thou mayest escape death;

For there ain’t another way out.

Nevertheless, know this:

Death is swallowed up in victory;

The grave has lost her hegemony;

If only thou be in Christ Jesus.