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A tearful traveler pauses before a road disappearing from view. — Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Psalms 39:12-13

For I am a sojourner with you

Psalm 39: My heart grew hot within me · Psalms 39

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12Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and listen to my cry; do not be silent at my tears. For I am a sojourner with you, a resident alien like all my fathers.

13Look away from me, so that I may recover before I go and am no more.

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