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14:1  Adam that is born of isha is of few yamim and full of rogez (unrest).
14:2  He cometh forth like a tzitz (flower), and is cut down; he fleeth also as a tzel, and continueth not.
14:3  And doth Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into mishpat with Thee?
14:4  Who can bring a tahor (clean thing) out of a tameh (an unclean, cf Ro 5:12)? Loh echad (No one).
14:5  Seeing his yamim are determined, the number of his chodashim (months) are with Thee, Thou hast appointed his limits that he cannot exceed.
14:6  Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a sachir (a hired man), his day.
14:7  For there is tikveh of an etz, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
14:8  Though the shoresh (root) thereof grow old in ha’aretz, and the stump thereof die in the aphar (dust),
14:9  Yet through the scent of mayim it will bud, and bring forth branches like a young plant.
14:10  But gever dieth, and wasteth away; yea, adam breathes his last, and where is he?
14:11  As the mayim flow away from the yam, and the nahar (stream) becomes parched and drieth up,
14:12  So ish lieth down, and riseth not, till Shomayim be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
14:13  O that Thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that Thou wouldest conceal me until Thy wrath has passed, that Thou wouldest appoint me a chok (set time), and remember me!
14:14  If a gever die, shall he live again? All the days of my tzava (hard army service) will I wait, till my chalifah (changing, renewal) come.
14:15  Thou shalt call, and I will answer Thee; Thou wilt have a desire for the ma’aseh (work) of Thine hands.
14:16  For now Thou countest my steps. Dost Thou not watch over my chattat?
14:17  My peysha is sealed up in a bag, and Thou would cover over mine avon.
14:18  And surely the har (mountain) falling crumbles, and the tzur (rock) is moved out of its place.
14:19  The mayim wear away the avanim; Thou washest away the things which grow out of the aphar aretz; and Thou destroyest the tikvat enosh.
14:20  Thou prevailest lanetzach (forever) against him, and he passeth away; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
14:21  His banim come to honor, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
14:22  Only his basar shall have pain upon him, and his nefesh within him shall mourn.