But He, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; yea, many a time He turned His anger away, and did not stir up all His wrath;

for He remembered that they were but flesh, a breath that passes away and does not come again.

Remember the time of life; why have you created the sons of men for vanity?

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you have been taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods, my skin is hardened and cracked and oozes.

O remember that my life is a breath; my eye will never return to see good.

Remember, I beseech You, that You have made me like clay. And will You bring me back and return me to dust?

Will You terrify a leaf driven to and fro? And will You pursue dry stubble?

then the dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.