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Your hands fashioned and made me,
    and now you turn and destroy me.[a](A)
Remember that you fashioned me like clay,
    and will you turn me to dust again?(B)
10 Did you not pour me out like milk
    and curdle me like cheese?(C)
11 You clothed me with skin and flesh
    and knit me together with bones and sinews.
12 You have granted me life and steadfast love,
    and your care has preserved my spirit.(D)

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  1. 10.8 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb made me together all around, and you destroy me

Your hands formed and fashioned me,
    but then you have destroyed me all at once on all sides.

“‘Please remember that you’ve made me like clay
    and you’ll return me to dust.
10 Didn’t you pour me out like milk
    and let me congeal like cheese?
11 You covered me with skin and flesh,
    weaving me together with bones and sinews.
12 You gave life and gracious love to me;
    your providential care has preserved my spirit.

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