For He Himselfknowsour frame;He is mindfulthat we are [but] dust.
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?
"Will You causea drivenleafto tremble?Or will You pursuethe drychaff?
"Whythen do You not pardonmy transgressionAnd takeawaymy iniquity?For nowI will liedownin the dust;And You will seekme, but I will not be."
Rememberwhatmy spanof lifeis; For whatvanityYou have createdallthe sonsof men!
then the dustwill returnto the earthas it was, and the spiritwill returnto Godwhogaveit.
You turn[things] around!Shall the potterbe consideredas equal with the clay,That whatis madewould sayto its maker,"He did not makeme"; Or whatis formedsayto him who formedit, "He has nounderstanding"?
