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but humans are born to trouble
    just as sparks[a] fly upward.(A)

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  1. 5.7 Or birds; Heb sons of Resheph

Yet man is born to trouble(A)
    as surely as sparks fly upward.

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14 “A mortal, born of woman, few of days and full of trouble,(A)

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14 “Mortals, born of woman,(A)
    are of few days(B) and full of trouble.(C)

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It is in vain that you rise up early
    and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil,
    for he gives sleep to his beloved.[a](A)

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  1. 127.2 Or for he provides for his beloved during sleep

In vain you rise early
    and stay up late,
toiling for food(A) to eat—
    for he grants sleep(B) to[a] those he loves.(C)

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  1. Psalm 127:2 Or eat— / for while they sleep he provides for

18 For in much wisdom is much vexation,
and those who increase knowledge increase sorrow.(A)

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18 For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;(A)
    the more knowledge, the more grief.(B)

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