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14:1  “Man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
14:2  He comes forth like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and does not continue.
14:3  Do You open Your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with You?
14:4  Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is no one.
14:5  Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with You; You have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
14:6  turn from him, that he may rest, until he, as a hired man, finishes his day.
14:7  “For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its tender shoots will not cease.
14:8  Though its root may grow old in the earth, and its stump may die in the ground,
14:9  yet at the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
14:10  But man dies and wastes away; yes, man gives up his breath, and where is he?
14:11  As the waters disappear from the sea, and the flood shrivels and dries up,
14:12  so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, he will not awake, nor be raised out of his sleep.
14:13  “Oh, that You would hide me in the grave, that You would conceal me until Your wrath is past, that You would appoint me a set time and remember me!
14:14  If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my service I will wait, until my relief 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; do You not observe my sin?
14:17  My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and You plaster over my iniquity.
14:18  “Surely the mountain falling comes to nothing, and the rock is removed out of its place.
14:19  The waters wear away the stones; its overflow washes away the dust of the earth; and You destroy the hope of man.
14:20  You prevail forever against him, and he passes on; changing his countenance, You send him away.
14:21  His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; and they are brought low, but he does not perceive it.
14:22  But his flesh on him will have pain, and his soul within him will mourn.”