18 I said in my heart, “Concerning the condition of the sons of men, God tests them, that they may see that they themselves are like animals.”

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18 I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals.(A)

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22 (A)I was so foolish and ignorant;
I was like a beast before You.

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22 I was senseless(A) and ignorant;
    I was a brute beast(B) before you.

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12 Nevertheless man, though in honor, does not [a]remain;
He is like the beasts that perish.

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  1. Psalm 49:12 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. understand (cf. v. 20)

12 People, despite their wealth, do not endure;(A)
    they are like the beasts that perish.(B)

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Depravity of False Teachers

12 But these, (A)like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption,

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12 But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish.(A)

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27 (A)And as it is appointed for men to die once, (B)but after this the judgment,

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27 Just as people are destined to die once,(A) and after that to face judgment,(B)

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17 Then to Adam He said, (A)“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree (B)of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:

(C)“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
(D)In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall [a]bring forth for you,
And (E)you shall eat the herb of the field.
19 (F)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
(G)For dust you are,
And (H)to dust you shall return.”

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  1. Genesis 3:18 cause to grow

17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’(A)

“Cursed(B) is the ground(C) because of you;
    through painful toil(D) you will eat food from it
    all the days of your life.(E)
18 It will produce thorns and thistles(F) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.(G)
19 By the sweat of your brow(H)
    you will eat your food(I)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”(J)

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24 because

(A)“All flesh is as grass,
And all [a]the glory of man as the flower of the grass.
The grass withers,
And its flower falls away,

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  1. 1 Peter 1:24 NU its glory as

24 For,

“All people are like grass,
    and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,

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23 and that He might make known (A)the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had (B)prepared beforehand for glory,

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23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory(A) known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory(B)

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(A)Certainly not! Indeed, let (B)God be [a]true but (C)every man a liar. As it is written:

(D)“That You may be justified in Your words,
And may overcome when You are judged.”

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  1. Romans 3:4 Found true

Not at all! Let God be true,(A) and every human being a liar.(B) As it is written:

“So that you may be proved right when you speak
    and prevail when you judge.”[a](C)

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  1. Romans 3:4 Psalm 51:4

You carry them away like a flood;
(A)They are like a sleep.
In the morning (B)they are like grass which grows up:
In the morning it flourishes and grows up;
In the evening it is cut down and withers.

For we have been consumed by Your anger,
And by Your wrath we are terrified.
(C)You have set our iniquities before You,
Our (D)secret sins in the light of Your countenance.
For all our days have passed away in Your wrath;
We finish our years like a sigh.
10 The days of our lives are seventy years;
And if by reason of strength they are eighty years,
Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow;
For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who knows the power of Your anger?
For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.
12 (E)So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

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Yet you sweep people away(A) in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:
In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.(B)

We are consumed by your anger
    and terrified by your indignation.
You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins(C) in the light of your presence.(D)
All our days pass away under your wrath;
    we finish our years with a moan.(E)
10 Our days may come to seventy years,(F)
    or eighty,(G) if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,(H)
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away.(I)
11 If only we knew the power of your anger!
    Your wrath(J) is as great as the fear that is your due.(K)
12 Teach us to number our days,(L)
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.(M)

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18 Surely (A)You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
19 Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment!
They are utterly consumed with terrors.

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18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;(A)
    you cast them down to ruin.(B)
19 How suddenly(C) are they destroyed,
    completely swept away(D) by terrors!

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(A)Against You, You only, have I sinned,
And done this evil (B)in Your sight—
(C)That You may be found just [a]when You speak,
And blameless when You judge.

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  1. Psalm 51:4 LXX, Tg., Vg. in Your words

Against you, you only, have I sinned(A)
    and done what is evil in your sight;(B)
so you are right in your verdict
    and justified when you judge.(C)

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19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They shall never see (A)light.[a]
20 A man who is in honor, yet does not understand,
(B)Is like the beasts that perish.

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  1. Psalm 49:19 The light of life

19 they will join those who have gone before them,(A)
    who will never again see the light(B) of life.

20 People who have wealth but lack understanding(C)
    are like the beasts that perish.(D)

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