⁷ the dust returns to earth, as it was,
and the spirit returns to God, who gave it!

¹⁴ If he were to take back man’s heart to himself,
if he gathered to himself his spirit and breath;
¹⁵ all flesh would instantly perish,
everyone would return to dust.

²⁹ If you hide your face, they vanish;
if you hold back their breath, they perish
and return to their dust.
³⁰ If you send out your breath, they are created,
and you renew the face of the earth.