- 1. Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.
- 2. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
- 3. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?
- 4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
- 5. Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
- 6. Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
- 7. For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
- 8. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;
- 9. Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.
- 10. But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
- 11. [As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;
- 12. So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
- 13. Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
- 14. If a man die, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.
- 15. Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.
- 16. But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?
- 17. My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
- 18. But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;
- 19. The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
- 20. Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
- 21. His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
- 22. But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.
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