And he said to the man, "You listened to your wife and ate the fruit which I told you not to eat. Because of what you have done, the ground will be under a curse. You will have to work hard all your life to make it produce enough food for you.

You will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until you go back to the soil from which you were formed. You were made from soil, and you will become soil again."

We are all born weak and helpless. All lead the same short, troubled life.

Will you even look at me, God, or put me on trial and judge me?

And we drink evil as if it were water; yes, we are corrupt; we are worthless.

they are doomed to die like sheep, and Death will be their shepherd. The righteous will triumph over them, as their bodies quickly decay in the world of the dead far from their homes.

he will join all his ancestors in death, where the darkness lasts forever.

Our greatness cannot keep us from death; we will still die like the animals.

You will put them in slippery places and make them fall to destruction!

They are instantly destroyed; they go down to a horrible end.

You carry us away like a flood; we last no longer than a dream. We are like weeds that sprout in the morning,

We are destroyed by your anger; we are terrified by your fury.

Our life is cut short by your anger; it fades away like a whisper.

Who has felt the full power of your anger? Who knows what fear your fury can bring?

Everyone must die once, and after that be judged by God.

As the scripture says, "All human beings are like grass, and all their glory is like wild flowers. The grass withers, and the flowers fall,

Are you trying to prove that I am unjust--- to put me in the wrong and yourself in the right?

I have sinned against you---only against you--- and done what you consider evil. So you are right in judging me; you are justified in condemning me.

Certainly not! God must be true, even though all human beings are liars. As the scripture says, "You must be shown to be right when you speak; you must win your case when you are being tried."

And he also wanted to reveal his abundant glory, which was poured out on us who are the objects of his mercy, those of us whom he has prepared to receive his glory.

I was as stupid as an animal; I did not understand you.

But these people act by instinct, like wild animals born to be captured and killed; they attack with insults anything they do not understand. They will be destroyed like wild animals,