Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

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Remember that you molded me like clay.(A)
    Will you now turn me to dust again?(B)

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And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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Then the Lord God formed(A) a man[a](B) from the dust(C) of the ground(D) and breathed into his nostrils the breath(E) of life,(F) and the man became a living being.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 2:7 The Hebrew for man (adam) sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for ground (adamah); it is also the name Adam (see verse 20).

But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

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Yet you, Lord, are our Father.(A)
    We are the clay, you are the potter;(B)
    we are all the work of your hand.(C)

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19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

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19 By the sweat of your brow(A)
    you will eat your food(B)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”(C)

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Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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and the dust returns(A) to the ground it came from,
    and the spirit returns to God(B) who gave it.(C)

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O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

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He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Like clay(A) in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand,(B) Israel.

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Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.

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Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love,(A)
    for they are from of old.
Do not remember the sins of my youth(B)
    and my rebellious ways;(C)
according to your love(D) remember me,
    for you, Lord, are good.(E)

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21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?

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21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?(A)

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Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

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“Woe to those who quarrel(A) with their Maker,(B)
    those who are nothing but potsherds(C)
    among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,(D)
    ‘What are you making?’(E)
Does your work say,
    ‘The potter has no hands’?(F)

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Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

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Remember me,(A) Lord, when you show favor(B) to your people,
    come to my aid(C) when you save them,

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Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

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You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”(A)

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47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

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47 Remember how fleeting is my life.(A)
    For what futility you have created all humanity!

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18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

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18 Look on my affliction(A) and my distress(B)
    and take away all my sins.(C)

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