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Sirach 40:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Sirach 40:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Human Wretchedness
40 Hard work was created for everyone,
and a heavy yoke is laid on the children of Adam,
from the day they come forth from their mother’s womb
until the day they return to[a] the mother of all the living.[b]
2 Perplexities and fear of heart are theirs,
and anxious thought of the day of their death.
3 From the one who sits on a splendid throne
to the one who grovels in dust and ashes,
Footnotes
- Sirach 40:1 Other Gk and Lat authorities read are buried in
- Sirach 40:1 Heb: Gk of all
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