3:17 But to Adam
“Because you obeyed
and ate from the tree about which I commanded you,
‘You must not eat from it,’
cursed is the ground
in painful toil you will eat
3:18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
but you will eat the grain
3:19 By the sweat of your brow
until you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”
5:7 but people
as surely as the sparks
14:1 “Man, born of woman,
lives but a few days,
32:4 For day and night you tormented me;
you tried to destroy me
38:4 For my sins overwhelm me;
like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.
90:7 Yes,
we are terrified by your wrath.
90:8 You are aware of our sins;
you even know about our hidden sins.
90:9 Yes,
the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.
90:10 The days of our lives add up to seventy years,
or eighty, if one is especially strong.
But even one’s best years are marred by trouble and oppression.
Yes,
1:8 All this
The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content
1:14 I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man
and I concluded: Everything
2:22 What does a man acquire from all his labor
and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth?
2:23 For all day long
and even at night his mind cannot relax!
This also is futile!
4:8 A man who is all alone with no companion,
he has no children nor siblings;
yet there is no end to all his toil,
and he
He laments,
This also is futile and a burdensome task!
1:4
the people weighed down by evil deeds.
They are offspring who do wrong,
children
They have abandoned the Lord,
and rejected the Holy One of Israel.
They are alienated from him.
61:3 to strengthen those who mourn in Zion,
by giving them a turban, instead of ashes,
oil symbolizing joy,
a garment symbolizing praise,
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor.
66:2 My hand made them;
that is how they came to be,”
I show special favor
who respect what I have to say.
6:6 With what should I
With what
Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings,
with year-old calves?
6:7 Will the Lord accept a thousand rams,
or ten thousand streams of olive oil?
Should I give him my firstborn child as payment for my rebellion,
my offspring – my own flesh and blood – for my sin?
6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good,
and what the Lord really wants from you:
He wants you to
and to live obediently before
5:1 For freedom