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14:1  Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
14:2  He comes forth like an open flower and is cut down; he flees as a shadow and does not remain.
14:3  And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one and bring me into judgment with thee?
14:4  Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one.
14:5  Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass.
14:6  If thou should leave him, he will cease to exist; until then, he shall desire, as a hireling, his day.
14:7  For there is yet hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again and that its tender branch will not cease.
14:8  Though its root waxes old in the earth and its trunk is dead in the ground,
14:9  at the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a new plant.
14:10  But when man shall die and be cut off, and the man shall perish, where shall he be?
14:11  The waters from the sea went, and the river ran out, it dried up.
14:12  So man lies down and does not rise; until there is no heaven, they shall not awake nor be raised out of their sleep.
14:13  O that thou would hide me in Sheol, that thou would keep me covered until thy wrath is past, that thou would appoint me a set time and remember me!
14:14  If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time I will wait until my transformation comes.
14:15  Then thou shalt call, and I will answer thee; thou wilt have a desire towards the work of thine hands.
14:16  For now thou dost number my steps; thou dost not open up my sin.
14:17  My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou dost sew up my iniquity.
14:18  And certainly the mountain that falls is undone, and the rocks are removed out of their place.
14:19  The impetuous waters break the stones and wash away the dust of the earth; in like manner thou dost cause man to lose hope.
14:20  Thou shalt be stronger than him for ever, and he passes; thou dost change his countenance and send him away.
14:21  His sons shall be honoured and he shall not know of it; or they shall be afflicted, but he shall not perceive of them.
14:22  But while his flesh is upon him, he shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.