Job:14

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* Man , born of woman , is of few days , and full of trouble . * He cometh forth like a flower , and is cut down ; and he fleeth as a shadow , and continueth not . * Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one , and bringest me into judgment with thee ? * Who can bring a clean [man ] out of the unclean ? Not one ! * If his days are determined , if the number of his months is with thee , [and ] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass , * Look away from him ; and let him rest , till he accomplish , as a hireling , his day . * For there is hope for a tree : if it be cut down , it will sprout again , and its tender branch will not cease ; * Though its root grow old in the earth , and its stock die in the ground , * Yet through the scent of water it will bud , and put forth boughs like a young plant . * But a man dieth , and is prostrate ; yea , man expireth , and where is he ? * The waters recede from the lake , and the river wasteth and drieth up : * So man lieth down , and riseth not again ; till the heavens be no more , they do not awake , nor are raised out of their sleep . * Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol , that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past , that thou wouldest appoint me a set time , and remember me , -- * (If a man die , shall he live [again ]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait , till my change should come : * Thou wouldest call , and I would answer thee ; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands . * For now thou numberest my steps : dost thou not watch over my sin ? * My transgression is sealed up in a bag , and thou heapest up mine iniquity . * And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought , and the rock is removed out of its place ; * The waters wear the stones , the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth ; and thou destroyest the hope of man . * Thou prevailest for ever against him , and he passeth away ; thou changest his countenance , and dismissest him . * His sons come to honour , and he knoweth it not ; and they are brought low , and he perceiveth it not . * But his flesh hath pain for himself alone , and his soul mourneth for himself .

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