9 The number of man’s days at the most are a hundred years. (WEB) 10 As a drop of water from the sea, and a pebble from the sand, so are a few years in the day of eternity. (WEB) 11 For this cause the Lord was patient over them, and poured out his mercy upon them. (WEB)
Sirach 18:9–11
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