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¹ Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.² He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.³ And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with Thee?⁴ Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.⁵ Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with Thee, and Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;⁶ Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

⁷ For there is hope of a tree, ⁸ Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;⁹ Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.¹⁰ But man dieth, and lieth low; yea, man perisheth, and where is he?¹¹ As the waters fail from the sea, and the river is drained dry;¹² So man lieth down and riseth not; ¹³ Oh that Thou wouldest hide me in the nether-world, that Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy wrath be past, ¹⁴ If a man die, may he live again? ¹⁵ Thou wouldest call, and I would answer Thee; Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of Thy hands.

¹⁶ But now Thou numberest my steps, Thou dost not even wait for my sin;¹⁷ My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.¹⁸ And surely the mountain falling crumbleth away, and the rock is removed out of its place;¹⁹ The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; 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 regardeth them not.²² But his flesh grieveth for him, and his soul mourneth over him.