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

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14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

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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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38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

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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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Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

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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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Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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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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19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

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

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47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

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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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21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

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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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My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

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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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16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

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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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25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

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