I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matte
And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I comman
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for g
he will join the generation of his fathers, who will never see the light of day.
Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak a
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and the
Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak
You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.