Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 41:2

ὦ θάνατε, καλόν σου τὸ κρίμα ἐστὶν ἀνθρώπῳ ἐπιδεομένῳ καὶ ἐλασσουμένῳ ἰσχύϊ, ἐσχατογήρῳ καὶ περισπωμένῳ περὶ πάντων καὶ ἀπειθοῦντι καὶ ἀπολωλεκότι ὑπομονήν.
King James Version (KJV)

O death, acceptable is thy sentence unto the needy, and unto him whose strength faileth, that is now in the last age, and is vexed with all things, and to him that despaireth, and hath lost patience!

Modern English

O death, how welcome your sentence is to the needy, and to one whose strength is failing, who has reached old age and is troubled by everything, who has lost hope and given up patience!

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