Man that
is born of a woman is of few days and full of
trouble.
02 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut
down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth
not.
03 And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an
one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
04 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
not one.
05 Seeing his days are determined, the number of
his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his
bounds that he cannot pass;
06 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall
accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
07 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.
08 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth,
and the stock thereof die in the ground;
09 Yet through the scent of water it will bud,
and bring forth boughs like a plant.
10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man
giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood
decayeth and drieth up:
12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the
heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be
raised out of their sleep.
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13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave,
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 appointed time will I wait, till my
change come.
15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou
wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not
watch over my sin?
17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and
thou sewest up mine iniquity.
18 And surely the mountains falling cometh to
nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
19 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.
20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he
passeth: thou changest his countenance, and
sendest him away.
21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it
not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth
it not of them.
22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and
his soul within him shall mourn.
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