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Summary

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

Bible References

Thou hast

The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return."
One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, "What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!"
Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor.
"I, the Lord, say: 'O nation of Israel, can I not deal with you as this potter deals with the clay? In my hands, you, O nation of Israel, are just like the clay in this potter's hand.'

Into dust again

If I cry to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My Mother,' or 'My sister,'
The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.
You make mankind return to the dust, and say, "Return, O people!"
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life's breath returns to God who gave it.
Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?

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