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“Mortals, born of woman,
are of few days and full of trouble.
are of few days and full of trouble.
Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All
“Man who is born of a woman
is few of days and full of trouble.
“Man who is born of a woman
is few of days and full of trouble.
They spring up like flowers and wither away;
like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
He comes out like a flower and withers;
he flees like a shadow and continues not.
he flees like a shadow and continues not.
And do you open your eyes on such a one
and bring me into judgment with you?
and bring me into judgment with you?
Who can bring what is pure from the impure?
No one!
No one!
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
There is not one.
There is not one.
A person’s days are determined;
you have decreed the number of his months
and have set limits he cannot exceed.
you have decreed the number of his months
and have set limits he cannot exceed.
Since his days are determined,
and the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
and the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
So look away from him and let him alone,
till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.
till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.
“At least there is hope for a tree:
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots will not fail.
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots will not fail.
“For there is hope for a tree,
if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.
if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.
Its roots may grow old in the ground
and its stump die in the soil,
and its stump die in the soil,
Though its root grow old in the earth,
and its stump die in the soil,
and its stump die in the soil,
yet at the scent of water it will bud
and put forth shoots like a plant.
and put forth shoots like a plant.
yet at the scent of water it will bud
and put out branches like a young plant.
and put out branches like a young plant.
But a man dies and is laid low;
he breathes his last and is no more.
he breathes his last and is no more.
But a man dies and is laid low;
man breathes his last, and where is he?
man breathes his last, and where is he?
As the water of a lake dries up
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
As waters fail from a lake
and a river wastes away and dries up,
and a river wastes away and dries up,
so he lies down and does not rise;
till the heavens are no more, people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.
till the heavens are no more, people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.
so a man lies down and rises not again;
till the heavens are no more he will not awake
or be roused out of his sleep.
till the heavens are no more he will not awake
or be roused out of his sleep.
“If only you would hide me in the grave
and conceal me till your anger has passed!
If only you would set me a time
and then remember me!
and conceal me till your anger has passed!
If only you would set me a time
and then remember me!
Oh that you would hide me in Sheol,
that you would conceal me until your wrath be past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
that you would conceal me until your wrath be past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
You will call and I will answer you;
you will long for the creature your hands have made.
you will long for the creature your hands have made.
You would call, and I would answer you;
you would long for the work of your hands.
you would long for the work of your hands.
Surely then you will count my steps
but not keep track of my sin.
but not keep track of my sin.
For then you would number my steps;
you would not keep watch over my sin;
you would not keep watch over my sin;
My offenses will be sealed up in a bag;
you will cover over my sin.
you will cover over my sin.
my transgression would be sealed up in a bag,
and you would cover over my iniquity.
and you would cover over my iniquity.
“But as a mountain erodes and crumbles
and as a rock is moved from its place,
and as a rock is moved from its place,
“But the mountain falls and crumbles away,
and the rock is removed from its place;
and the rock is removed from its place;
as water wears away stones
and torrents wash away the soil,
so you destroy a person’s hope.
and torrents wash away the soil,
so you destroy a person’s hope.
the waters wear away the stones;
the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
so you destroy the hope of man.
the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
so you destroy the hope of man.
You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;
you change their countenance and send them away.
you change their countenance and send them away.
You prevail forever against him, and he passes;
you change his countenance, and send him away.
you change his countenance, and send him away.
If their children are honored, they do not know it;
if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.
if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.
His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.