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Psalm 49:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

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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.

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

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

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

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.