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(A)Like a flower he comes forth and withers.
He also flees like (B)a shadow and does not stand.

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Surely [a]men of (A)low degree are merely (B)vanity and [b]men of rank are a (C)lie;
In the (D)balances they go up;
They are together lighter than a breath of vanity.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 62:9 Lit sons of men
  2. Psalm 62:9 Lit sons of men of rank

12 For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few days of his vain life? He will make do with them like a (A)shadow. For who can tell a man (B)what will be after him under the sun?

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