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744 B
744 B
You sweep them away as with a flood and they sleep
God causing people to die suddenly is spoken of as if he swept them away with a broom. This sweeping is also spoken of as if it were a flood that carried people away. Alternate translation: "Lord, you destroy the people as with a flood and they die" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
they sleep
This is a polite way of speaking of people dying. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism)
in the morning they are like the grass ... in the evening it withers and dries up
The people are being compared to grass to emphasize that people do not live a very long time. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)