Howmuchmorethose who dwellin housesof clay,Whosefoundationis in the dust,Who are crushedbeforethe moth!
And Abrahamreplied,"Nowbehold,I have venturedto speakto the Lord,although I am [but] dustand ashes.
Then the LORDGodformedmanof dustfrom the ground,and breathedinto his nostrilsthe breathof life;and manbecamea livingbeing.
By the sweatof your faceYou will eatbread,Tillyou returnto the ground,Becausefrom it you were taken;For you are dust,And to dustyou shall return."
Remembernow,that You have mademe as clay;And would You turnme into dustagain?
"Your memorablesayingsare proverbsof ashes,Your defensesare defensesof clay.
While I am decayinglike a rottenthing,Like a garmentthat is moth-eaten.
"Like a flowerhe comesforthand withers.He also fleeslike a shadowand does not remain.
Whowere snatchedawaybefore their time,Whose foundationswere washedawayby a river?
Howmuchlessman,[that] maggot,And the sonof man,[that] worm!"
"Behold,I belong to Godlike you; I toohave been formedout of the clay.
His spiritdeparts,he returnsto the earth;In that very dayhis thoughtsperish.
"With reproofsYou chastena manfor iniquity;You consumeas a mothwhat is preciousto him; Surelyeverymanis a merebreath.Selah.
then the dustwill returnto the earthas it was, and the spiritwill returnto Godwhogaveit.
But we havethistreasurein earthenvessels,sothat the surpassing greatnessof the powerwill be of Godand not from ourselves;
For we knowthat ifthe earthlytentwhich is our houseis torn down,we havea buildingfrom God,a housenot made with hands,eternalin the heavens.
For, "ALLFLESHIS LIKEGRASS,AND ALLITS GLORYLIKETHE FLOWEROF GRASS.THE GRASSWITHERS,AND THE FLOWERFALLS OFF,
