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14:1  “All of us born to women live only a few days and have a lot of trouble.
14:2  We grow up like flowers and then dry up and go away. We are like a passing shadow that does not last.
14:3  Lord, do you need to watch someone like this? Do you need to bring him before you to be judged?
14:4  I wish something clean could come from something unclean. But it never can!
14:5  Our time is limited. You have given us only so many months to live. You have set limits we cannot go beyond.
14:6  So look away from us and leave us alone. Leave us alone until we put in our time like a hired man.
14:7  “There is hope for a tree. If you cut it down, it will grow again. It will keep sending out new branches.
14:8  Its roots may grow old in the ground. And its stump may die in the dirt.
14:9  But at the smell of water it will bud. It will 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 where the dead are. 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? I will wait, struggling hard until things change for me.
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 man forever, and he is gone. You change his appearance and send him away.
14:21  His sons are honored, but he does not know it. His sons are disgraced, but he does not see it.
14:22  He only feels the pain of his body. And he feels sorry only for himself.”