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Remember that you fashioned me like clay,
    and will you turn me to dust again?(A)

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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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then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground[a] and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.7 In Heb the word for ground resembles the word for man

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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  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).

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

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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 By the sweat of your face
    you shall eat bread
until you return to the ground,
    for out of it you were taken;
you are dust,
    and to dust you shall return.”(A)

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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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and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath[a] returns to God who gave it.(A)

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  1. 12.7 Or the spirit

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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Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has done? says the Lord. Just like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.(A)

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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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Be mindful of your mercy, O Lord, and of your steadfast love,
    for they have been from of old.(A)
Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
    according to your steadfast love remember me,
    for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!(B)

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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 Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one object for special use and another for ordinary use?(A)

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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 to those who strive with their Maker,
    earthen vessels with the potter![a]
Does the clay say to the one who fashions it, “What are you making”?
    or “Your work has no handles”?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 45.9 Cn: Heb with the potsherds or with the potters

“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 us,[a] O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
    help us[b] when you deliver them,(A)

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  1. 106.4 Heb mss Gk: MT me
  2. 106.4 Heb mss Gk: MT me

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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You turn us[a] back to dust
    and say, “Turn back, you mortals.”(A)

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  1. 90.3 Heb humankind

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

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47 Remember how short my time is—[a]
    for what vanity you have created all mortals!(A)

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  1. 89.47 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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

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18 Consider my affliction and my trouble,
    and forgive all my sins.(A)

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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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