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14:1  “All of us born to women live only a few days and have lots of trouble.
14:2  We grow up like flowers and then dry up and die. We are like a passing shadow that does not last.
14:3  Lord, do you need to watch me like this? Must you bring me before you to be judged?
14:4  No one can bring something clean from something dirty.
14:5  Our time is limited. You have given us only so many months to live and have set limits we cannot go beyond.
14:6  So look away from us and leave us alone until we put in our time like a laborer.
14:7  “If a tree is cut down, there is hope that it will grow again and will send out new branches.
14:8  Even if its roots grow old in the ground, and its stump dies in the dirt,
14:9  at the smell of water it will bud and put out new shoots like a plant.
14:10  But we die, and our bodies are laid in the ground; we take our last breath and are gone.
14:11  Water disappears from a lake, and a river loses its water and dries up.
14:12  In the same way, we lie down and do not rise again; we will not get up or be awakened until the heavens disappear.
14:13  “I wish you would hide me in the grave; hide me until your anger is gone. I wish you would set a time and then remember me!
14:14  Will the dead live again? All my days are a struggle; I will wait until my change comes.
14:15  You will call, and I will answer you; you will desire the creature your hands have made.
14:16  Then you will count my steps, but you will not keep track of my sin.
14:17  My wrongs will be closed up in a bag, and you will cover up my sin.
14:18  “A mountain washes away and crumbles; and a rock can be moved from its place.
14:19  Water washes over stones and wears them down, and rushing waters wash away the dirt. In the same way, you destroy hope.
14:20  You defeat people forever, and they are gone; you change their appearance and send them away.
14:21  Their children are honored, but they do not know it; their children are disgraced, but they do not see it.
14:22  They only feel the pain of their body and feel sorry for themselves.”