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19 Water ·washes over stones and wears them down [L grinds down the stones],
    and ·rushing waters [or violent storms] wash away the ·dirt [dust].
    In the same way, you destroy hope.
20 You ·defeat [overpower] people forever, and they are gone;
    you change their appearance [C from joy to despair] and send them away.
21 Their children are honored, but they do not know it [C because they, the parents, are dead or dying];
    their children are ·disgraced [lowered], but they [C the parents] do not see it.

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19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

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19 As water wears away stones,
And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
So You destroy the hope of man.
20 You prevail forever against him, and he passes on;
You change his countenance and send him away.
21 His sons come to honor, and (A)he does not know it;
They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.

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