Wisdom 9:13-15

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹³For who can learn the counsel of God?
Or who can discern what the Lord wills?
¹⁴For the reasoning of mortals is worthless,
and our designs are likely to fail;
¹⁵for a perishable body weighs down the soul,
and this earthy tent burdens the thoughtful^[a] mind.

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Wisdom 9:15 Or anxious

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

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