14 Man born of woman
is short of days and full of trouble.(A)
He blossoms like a flower, then withers;(B)
he flees like a shadow and does not last.

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For they wither quickly like grass
and wilt like tender green plants.(A)

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15 As for man, his days are like grass—
he blooms like a flower of the field;(A)
16 when the wind passes over it, it vanishes,
and its place is no longer known.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 103:16 Lit place no longer knows it

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