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Sirach 40:1-3
Revised Standard Version
Sirach 40:1-3
Revised Standard Version
Human Wretchedness
40 Much labor was created for every man,
and a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam,
from the day they come forth from their mother’s womb
till the day they return to[a] the mother of all.
2 Their perplexities and fear of heart—
their anxious thought is the day of death,
3 from the man who sits on a splendid throne
to the one who is humbled in dust and ashes,
Footnotes
- Sirach 40:1 Other authorities read are buried in
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
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