The Brevity of Human Life
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Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
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For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.
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Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
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In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Bible text: American Standard Version (1901) · Public domain