Psalm 103:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

because he knows we are made of dust.

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So our bodies return to the earth, and the life-giving breath returns to God.

Remember that you moulded me like a piece of clay. So don't turn me back into dust once again.

Remember, life is short! Why did you empty our lives of all meaning?

You will have to sweat to earn a living; you were made out of soil, and you will once again turn into soil.”

Why do you refuse to forgive? Soon you won't find me, because I'll be dead.

You have it all backwards. A clay dish doesn't say to the potter, “You didn't make me. You don't even know how.”

Do you really enjoy frightening a fallen leaf?

The LORD God took a handful of soil and made a man. God breathed life into the man, and the man started breathing.