Job:14

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* "Man who is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble . * He comes forth like a flower and fades away ; He flees like a shadow and does not continue . * And do You open Your eyes on such a one , And bring me to judgment with Yourself ? * Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean ? No one ! * Since his days are determined , The number of his months is with You ; You have appointed his limits , so that he cannot pass . * Look away from him that he may rest , Till like a hired man he finishes his day . * "For there is hope for a tree , If it is cut down , that it will sprout again , And that its tender shoots will not cease . * Though its root may grow old in the earth , And its stump may die in the ground , * Yet at the scent of water it will bud And bring forth branches like a plant . * But man dies and is laid away ; Indeed he breathes his last And where is he ? * As water disappears from the sea , And a river becomes parched and dries up , * So man lies down and does not rise . Till the heavens are no more , They will not awake Nor be roused from their sleep . * "Oh , that You would hide me in the grave , That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past , That You would appoint me a set time , and remember me ! * If a man dies , shall he live again ? All the days of my hard service I will wait , Till my change comes . * You shall call , and I will answer You ; You shall desire the work of Your hands . * For now You number my steps , But do not watch over my sin . * My transgression is sealed up in a bag , And You cover my iniquity . * "But as a mountain falls and crumbles away , And as a rock is moved from its place ; * As water wears away stones , And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth ; So You destroy the hope of man . * You prevail forever against him , and he passes on ; You change his countenance and send him away . * His sons come to honor , and he does not know it ; They are brought low , and he does not perceive it . * But his flesh will be in pain over it , And his soul will mourn over it ."

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