14 For he knows our frame;[a]
    he (A)remembers that we are dust.

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  1. Psalm 103:14 Or knows how we are formed

14 for he knows how we are formed,(A)
    he remembers that we are dust.(B)

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38 Yet he, being (A)compassionate,
    (B)atoned for their iniquity
    and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
    and did not stir up all his wrath.
39 He (C)remembered that they were but (D)flesh,
    (E)a wind that passes and comes not again.

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38 Yet he was merciful;(A)
    he forgave(B) their iniquities(C)
    and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger(D)
    and did not stir up his full wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,(E)
    a passing breeze(F) that does not return.

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Remember that you have made me like (A)clay;
    and will you return me to the (B)dust?

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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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and (A)the dust returns to the earth as it was, and (B)the spirit returns to God (C)who gave it.

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

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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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47 (A)Remember (B)how short my (C)time is!
    For what vanity you have created all the children of man!

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

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21 Why do you not pardon my transgression
    and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in (A)the earth;
    you will (B)seek me, (C)but I shall not be.”

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21 Why do you not pardon my offenses
    and forgive my sins?(A)
For I will soon lie down in the dust;(B)
    you will search for me, but I will be no more.”(C)

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My flesh is clothed with (A)worms and (B)dirt;
    my skin hardens, then (C)breaks out afresh.
My days are (D)swifter than (E)a weaver's shuttle
    and come to their end without hope.

“Remember that my life is a (F)breath;
    my eye will never again see good.

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My body is clothed with worms(A) and scabs,
    my skin is broken and festering.(B)

“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,(C)
    and they come to an end without hope.(D)
Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;(E)
    my eyes will never see happiness again.(F)

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16 (A)You turn things upside down!
Shall the potter be regarded as the clay,
that the thing made should say of its maker,
    “He did not make me”;
or the thing formed say of him who formed it,
    “He has no understanding”?

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16 You turn things upside down,
    as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!(A)
Shall what is formed say to the one who formed(B) it,
    “You did not make me”?
Can the pot say to the potter,(C)
    “You know nothing”?(D)

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25 Will you frighten (A)a driven leaf
    and pursue dry (B)chaff?

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25 Will you torment(A) a windblown leaf?(B)
    Will you chase(C) after dry chaff?(D)

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