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He blossoms like a flower, then withers;(A)
he flees like a shadow and does not last.

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he will vanish for ever like his own dung.
Those who know[a] him will ask, ‘Where is he? ’(A)

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  1. 20:7 Lit have seen

You end their lives;[a] they sleep.(A)
They are like grass that grows in the morning –
in the morning it sprouts and grows;
by the evening it withers and dries up.(B)

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  1. 90:5 Or You overwhelm them; Hb obscure