Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust?
then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
But now, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
“O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!
Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ or ‘Your work has no handles’?
Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them,
You return man to dust and say, “Return, O children of man!”
Remember how short my time is! For what vanity you have created all the children of man!
Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.
my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
“Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will never again see good.
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