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Thou dost turn unto man until he is broken and thou saith, Become converted, ye sons of Adam.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past and as a watch in the night.

Thou dost cause them to pass by as the waters of a river; they are as a dream, which is strong in the morning like grass.

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You turn people back to dust,
    saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”(A)
A thousand years in your sight
    are like a day that has just gone by,
    or like a watch in the night.(B)
Yet you sweep people away(C) in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:

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