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28 A person who is alive and well can sing the Lord's praises, but the dead, who no longer exist, have no way to give him thanks. 29 How great is the Lord's merciful forgiveness of those who turn to him! 30 But this is not the nature of human beings;[a] not one of us is immortal.

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  1. Sirach 17:30 But...human beings; or People cannot have everything.

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