14:1 "Man born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble. |
14:2 He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand. |
14:3 And do You open Your eyes upon such a one, and bring me into judgment with You? |
14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one! |
14:5 For his days are fixed, the number of his months is with You, and You have set his limits so that he cannot pass; |
14:6 Look away from him, so that he may rest until he shall finish his day, as a hireling. |
14:7 For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease. |
14:8 Though its root becomes old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground, |
14:9 Yet at the scent of water it will bud and bring forth branches like a plant. |
14:10 But man dies and is cut off; and man expires, and where is he? |
14:11 As the waters fail from the sea, and a river withers away and dries up, |
14:12 So man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be awakened out of their sleep. |
14:13 O that You will grant that You would hide me in the grave, that You would keep me secret, until Your wrath is past, that You would set me a fixed time and remember me. |
14:14 If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time in the grave I will wait, until my change comes. |
14:15 You shall call, and I will answer You; You shall have the desire for the work of Your hands. |
14:16 For now You number my steps; but do You not watch over my sin? |
14:17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and You heap up my iniquity. |
14:18 And as surely as a falling mountain crumbles away, and the rock moves out of its place; |
14:19 As the waters wear away the stones, and the outpouring of it washes the dust of the earth; so You destroy the hope of man. |
14:20 You overpower him forever, and he passes; You change his countenance, and send him away. |
14:21 His sons come to honor him, but he knows it not; they are brought low, but he does not perceive it. |
14:22 But his flesh is pained within himself; and his soul mourns for himself." |