39 For (A)He remembered (B)that they were but flesh,
(C)A breath that passes away and does not come again.

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39 He remembered that they were but flesh,(A)
    a passing breeze(B) that does not return.

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14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? (A)It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

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14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(A)

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Oh, remember that (A)my life is a breath!
My eye will never again see good.

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Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;(A)
    my eyes will never see happiness again.(B)

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And the Lord said, (A)“My Spirit shall not (B)strive[a] with man forever, (C)for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”

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  1. Genesis 6:3 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. abide

Then the Lord said, “My Spirit(A) will not contend with[a] humans forever,(B) for they are mortal[b];(C) their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

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  1. Genesis 6:3 Or My spirit will not remain in
  2. Genesis 6:3 Or corrupt

16 (A)I loathe my life;
I would not live forever.
(B)Let me alone,
For (C)my days are but [a]a breath.

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  1. Job 7:16 Without substance, futile

16 I despise my life;(A) I would not live forever.(B)
    Let me alone;(C) my days have no meaning.(D)

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14 For He [a]knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.

15 As for man, (A)his days are like grass;
As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
16 (B)For the wind passes over it, and it is [b]gone,
And (C)its place remembers it no more.

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  1. Psalm 103:14 Understands our constitution
  2. Psalm 103:16 not

14 for he knows how we are formed,(A)
    he remembers that we are dust.(B)
15 The life of mortals is like grass,(C)
    they flourish like a flower(D) of the field;
16 the wind blows(E) over it and it is gone,
    and its place(F) remembers it no more.

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Remember, I pray, (A)that You have made me like clay.
And will You turn me into dust 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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That which is born of the flesh is (A)flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[a] gives birth to spirit.(A)

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  1. John 3:6 Or but spirit