¹⁹ how much more those who live in houses of clay,^(A)
    whose foundations^(B) are in the dust,^(C)
    who are crushed^(D) more readily than a moth!^(E)

⁹ Remember that you molded me like clay.^(A)
    Will you now turn me to dust again?^(B)

⁶ I am the same as you in God’s sight;^(A)
    I too am a piece of clay.^(B)

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)

¹¹ When you rebuke^(A) and discipline^(B) anyone for their sin,
    you consume^(C) their wealth like a moth^(D)—
    surely everyone is but a breath.^(E)

²⁸ “So man wastes away like something rotten,
    like a garment^(A) eaten by moths.^(B)

¹² Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;
    your defenses are defenses of clay.^(A)