³ You turn people back to dust, saying,
    “Return to dust, you mortals!”

¹⁹ By the sweat of your brow
    will you have food to eat
until you return to the ground
    from which you were made.
For you were made from dust,
    and to dust you will return.”

⁴ When they breathe their last, they return to the earth,
    and all their plans die with them.

²⁹ But if you turn away from them, they panic.
    When you take away their breath,
    they die and turn again to dust.

¹⁴ If God were to take back his spirit
    and withdraw his breath,
¹⁵ all life would cease,
    and humanity would turn again to dust.

¹⁰ For the life of every living thing is in his hand,
    and the breath of every human being.