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46 O Lord, how long will this go on?
    Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your anger burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my life is,
    how empty and futile this human existence!
48 No one can live forever; all will die.
    No one can escape the power of the grave.[a] Interlude

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  1. 89:48 Hebrew of Sheol.

46 How long, Lord? Will you hide yourself forever?
    How long will your wrath burn like fire?(A)
47 Remember how fleeting is my life.(B)
    For what futility you have created all humanity!
48 Who can live and not see death,
    or who can escape the power of the grave?(C)

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