Sirach 18:9-11

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⁹The number of days in their life is great if they reach one hundred years.^[a]
¹⁰Like a drop of water from the sea and a grain of sand,
so are a few years among the days of eternity.
¹¹That is why the Lord is patient with them
and pours out his mercy upon them.

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Sirach 18:9 Other ancient authorities add but the death of each one is beyond the calculation of all

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