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“Can a man be found who has avoided defilement?
    There is no such person.
The extent of his life has already been determined,
    and the number of his months is known to you;
    you have established the limits that he cannot pass.
Turn your gaze away from him and leave him alone
    so that, like a hired laborer, he may complete his days.

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Who can bring what is pure(A) from the impure?(B)
    No one!(C)
A person’s days are determined;(D)
    you have decreed the number of his months(E)
    and have set limits he cannot exceed.(F)
So look away from him and let him alone,(G)
    till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.(H)

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