19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

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19 as water wears away stones
    and torrents(A) wash away the soil,(B)
    so you destroy a person’s hope.(C)

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19 As water wears away stones,
And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
So You destroy the hope of man.

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15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

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15 We are foreigners and strangers(A) in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow,(B) without hope.

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15 For (A)we are [a]aliens and [b]pilgrims before You,
As were all our fathers;
(B)Our days on earth are as a shadow,
And without hope.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 29:15 sojourners, temporary residents
  2. 1 Chronicles 29:15 transients, temporary residents in an even more temporary sense