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Those of low estate are but a breath;
    those of high estate are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
    they are together lighter than a breath.(A)

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Surely the lowborn(A) are but a breath,(B)
    the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance,(C) they are nothing;
    together they are only a breath.

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47 Remember how short my time is—[a]
    for what vanity you have created all mortals!(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 89.47 Meaning of Heb uncertain

47 Remember how fleeting is my life.(A)
    For what futility you have created all humanity!

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They are like a breath;
    their days are like a passing shadow.(A)

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They are like a breath;(A)
    their days are like a fleeting shadow.(B)

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