Psalm 49:12

Contemporary English Version 1995

Our human glory disappears, and, like animals, we die.

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Our human glory disappears, and, like animals, we die.

But you will die, just like everyone else, including powerful rulers.”

You made my life short, so brief that the time means nothing to you. “Human life is but a breath,

None of us know when we might fall victim to a sudden disaster and find ourselves like fish in a net or birds in a trap.

The Scriptures say, “Humans wither like grass, and their glory fades like wild flowers. Grass dries up, and flowers fall to the ground.

Later, Cain and his wife had a son named Enoch. At the time Cain was building a town, and so he named it Enoch after his son.