Water wears away stones, Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So You destroy man's hope.
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.
As waters wear away the stones and as floods wash away the soil of the earth, so You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man.
The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
Water wears away boulders; floods carry away soil; you destroy a people’s hope.
Waters wear away stones, and with a flood the land is reduced little by little; and similarly, you will destroy man.
