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17The Lord created human beings out of earth,
   and makes them return to it again.
² He gave them a fixed number of days,
   but granted them authority over everything on the earth.^*
3 He endowed them with strength like his own,^*
   and made them in his own image.
⁴ He put the fear of them^* in all living beings,
   and gave them dominion over beasts and birds.^*
6 Discretion and tongue and eyes,
   ears and a mind for thinking he gave them.
⁷ He filled them with knowledge and understanding,
   and showed them good and evil.
⁸ He put the fear of him into^* their hearts
   to show them the majesty of his works.^*
10 And they will praise his holy name,
⁹   to proclaim the grandeur of his works.
¹¹ He bestowed knowledge upon them,
   and allotted to them the law of life.^*
12 He established with them an eternal covenant,
   and revealed to them his decrees.
¹³ Their eyes saw his glorious majesty,
   and their ears heard the glory of his voice.
¹⁴ He said to them, ‘Beware of all evil.’
   And he gave commandment to each of them concerning a neighbour.
¹⁵ Their ways are always known to him;
   they will not be hid from his eyes.^*