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“Mortals, born of woman,
are of few days and full of trouble.
are of few 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 forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
Who can bring what is pure from the impure?
No one!
No one!
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one!
No 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,
The number of his months is with You;
You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.
The number of his months is with You;
You have appointed his limits, so 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 is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And that its tender shoots will not cease.
If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And that its tender 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 may grow old in the earth,
And its stump may die in the ground,
And its stump may die in the ground,
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 bring forth branches like a plant.
And bring forth branches like a 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.
As the water of a lake dries up
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
As water disappears from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dries up,
And a river becomes parched 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 man lies down and does not rise.
Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.
Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake
Nor be roused from their 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 the grave,
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my hard service I will wait,
Till my change comes.
All the days of my hard service I will wait,
Till my change comes.
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 shall call, and I will answer You;
You shall desire the work of Your hands.
You shall desire 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 now You number my steps,
But do not watch over my sin.
But do not 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.
“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 as a mountain falls and crumbles away,
And as a rock is moved from its place;
And as a rock is moved 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.
As water wears away stones,
And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
So You destroy the hope of man.
And as 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 on;
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 does not perceive it.
They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.