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18 
“But as a mountain, if it falls, crumbles into nothing,
And as the rock is moved from its place,
19 
Water wears away the stones,
Its floods and torrents wash away the soil of the earth,
So You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man.
20 
“You prevail forever against him and overpower him, and he passes on;
You change his appearance and send him away [from the presence of the living].

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18 “But as a mountain erodes and crumbles(A)
    and as a rock is moved from its place,(B)
19 as water wears away stones
    and torrents(C) wash away the soil,(D)
    so you destroy a person’s hope.(E)
20 You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;(F)
    you change their countenance and send them away.(G)

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