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For we were born but yesterday and know nothing.
    Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.

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15 We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a passing shadow, gone so soon without a trace.

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For they are like a breath of air;
    their days are like a passing shadow.

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We blossom like a flower and then wither.
    Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.

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11 My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows.
    I am withering away like grass.

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Job Cries Out to God

“My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle.
    They end without hope.

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Jacob replied, “I have traveled this earth for 130 hard years. But my life has been short compared to the lives of my ancestors.”

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For you, a thousand years are as a passing day,
    as brief as a few night hours.

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You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand.
    My entire lifetime is just a moment to you;
    at best, each of us is but a breath.” Interlude

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