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17 It said, ‘Can a human being be more right than God?
    Can even a strong man be more pure than the God who made him?
18 God doesn’t trust those who serve him.
    He even brings charges against his angels.
19 So he’ll certainly find fault with human beings.
    After all, they are made out of dust.
    They can be crushed more easily than a moth.
20 Between sunrise and sunset they are broken to pieces.
    Nobody even notices. They disappear forever.
21 Like a tent that falls down, they get weak.
    They die because they didn’t follow God’s wisdom.’ ”

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17 ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?(A)
    Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?(B)
18 If God places no trust in his servants,(C)
    if he charges his angels with error,(D)
19 how much more those who live in houses of clay,(E)
    whose foundations(F) are in the dust,(G)
    who are crushed(H) more readily than a moth!(I)
20 Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces;
    unnoticed, they perish forever.(J)
21 Are not the cords of their tent pulled up,(K)
    so that they die(L) without wisdom?’(M)

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