You (A)have [a]swept them away like a flood, they [b](B)fall asleep;
In the morning they are like (C)grass that [c]sprouts anew.
In the morning it (D)flourishes and [d]sprouts anew;
Toward evening it (E)wilts and (F)withers away.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 90:5 Or flooded
  2. Psalm 90:5 Lit become asleep
  3. Psalm 90:5 Or passes away
  4. Psalm 90:6 Or passes away

15 As for man, his days are (A)like grass;
Like a (B)flower of the field, so he flourishes.

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A voice says, “Call out.”
Then [a]he answered, “What shall I call out?”
(A)All flesh is grass, and all its [b]loveliness is like the flower of the field.
The (B)grass withers, the flower fades,
[c]When the (C)breath of the Lord blows upon it;
The people are indeed grass!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:6 Another reading is I said
  2. Isaiah 40:6 Or constancy
  3. Isaiah 40:7 Or Because

10 but the rich person is to glory in his [a]humiliation, because (A)like [b]flowering grass he will pass away.

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:10 Or downfall
  2. James 1:10 Lit the flower of the grass

24 For,

(A)All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory is like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
And the flower falls off,

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