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Job 14

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& "Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

& "Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

& "You also open Your eyes on him And bring him into judgment with Yourself.

& "Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!

& "Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.

& "Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.

& "For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail.

& "Though its roots grow old in the ground And its stump dies in the dry soil,

& At the scent of water it will flourish And put forth sprigs like a plant.

& "But man dies and lies prostrate. Man expires, and where is he?

& "{As} water evaporates from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dried up,

& So man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no longer, He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.

& "Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns {to You,} That You would set a limit for me and remember me!

& "If a man dies, will he live {again?} All the days of my struggle I will wait Until my change comes.

& "You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands.

& "For now You number my steps, You do not observe my sin.

& "My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You wrap up my iniquity.

& "But the falling mountain crumbles away, And the rock moves from its place;

& Water wears away stones, Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So You destroy man's hope.

& "You forever overpower him and he departs; {You} change his appearance and send him away.

& "His sons achieve honor, but he does not know {it;} Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.

& "But his body pains him, And he mourns only for himself."

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