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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."