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Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;

Do you make Mazzaroth come out in its right time, or are the Bear and its children guided by you?

The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

Send help, Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is no more faith among the children of men.

The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.

The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.

Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.

How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.

I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.

All the day he is ready to have mercy and to give; his children are a blessing.

You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever.

Your children will take the place of your fathers; so that you may make them rulers over all the earth.

This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)

God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

Come and see the works of God: he is to be feared in all he does to the children of men.

I have become strange to my brothers, and like a man from a far country to my mother's children.

May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

If I would make clear what it is like, I would say, You are false to the generation of your children.