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14:1  “Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
14:2  He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
14:3  And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with Thee?
14:4  Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not 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  Turn from him, that he may rest, till, as a hireling, he shall accomplish his day.
14:7  For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
14:8  Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground,
14:9  yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
14:10  But man dieth and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
14:11  As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up,
14:12  so man lieth down and riseth not; till the heavens be no more they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
14:13  “O that Thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that Thou wouldest keep me secret until Thy wrath be past; that Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14:14  If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
14:15  Thou shalt call, and I will answer Thee; Thou wilt desire the work of Thine hands.
14:16  For now Thou numberest my steps; dost Thou not watch over my sin?
14:17  My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou sewest up mine iniquity.
14:18  And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
14:19  The waters wear away the stones; Thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth, and Thou destroyest the hope of man.
14:20  Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
14:21  His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
14:22  But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.”