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