14:1  "Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

14:2  "Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

14:3  "You also open Your eyes on him And bring him into judgment with Yourself.

14:4  "Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!

14:5  "Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.

14:6  "Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.

14:7  "For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail.

14:8  "Though its roots grow old in the ground And its stump dies in the dry soil,

14:9  At the scent of water it will flourish And put forth sprigs like a plant.

14:10  "But man dies and lies prostrate. Man expires, and where is he?

14:11  "{As} water evaporates from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dried up,

14:12  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.

14:13  "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!

14:14  "If a man dies, will he live {again?} All the days of my struggle I will wait Until my change comes.

14:15  "You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands.

14:16  "For now You number my steps, You do not observe my sin.

14:17  "My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You wrap up my iniquity.

14:18  "But the falling mountain crumbles away, And the rock moves from its place;

14:19  Water wears away stones, Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So You destroy man's hope.

14:20  "You forever overpower him and he departs; {You} change his appearance and send him away.

14:21  "His sons achieve honor, but he does not know {it;} Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.

14:22  "But his body pains him, And he mourns only for himself."