11 You discipline a person with punishment for iniquity,
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;(A)
yes, every human being is only a vapor.(B)Selah

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11 When you rebuke(A) and discipline(B) anyone for their sin,
    you consume(C) their wealth like a moth(D)
    surely everyone is but a breath.(E)

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A human is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.(A)

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They are like a breath;(A)
    their days are like a fleeting shadow.(B)

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Do not trust in nobles,
in a son of man,[a] who cannot save.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 146:3 Or a mere mortal

Do not put your trust in princes,(A)
    in human beings,(B) who cannot save.

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Curse and Blessing

This is what the Lord says:

Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind.(A)
He makes human flesh his strength,(B)
and his heart turns from the Lord.

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This is what the Lord says:

“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,(A)
    who draws strength from mere flesh
    and whose heart turns away from the Lord.(B)

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14 Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring—what your life will be! For you are like vapor that appears for a little while, then vanishes.(A)

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14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(A)

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