When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
If he should set his heart to it and gather to himself his spirit and his breath, all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust.
When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.
nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
You return man to dust and say, “Return, O children of man!”
By your favor, O Lord, you made my mountain stand strong; you hid your face; I was dismayed.
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.”
Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust?
Then my anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them and hide my face from them, and they will be devoured. And many evils and troubles will come upon them, so that they will say in that day, ‘Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?’
When he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him, whether it be a nation or a man?—
Why do you hide your face and count me as your enemy?
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.
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