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Human Wretchedness

40 Much labor was created for every man,
    and a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam,
from the day they come forth from their mother’s womb
    till the day they return to[a] the mother of all.
Their perplexities and fear of heart—
    their anxious thought is the day of death,

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  1. Sirach 40:1 Other authorities read are buried in

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