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“How frail is humanity!
How short is life, how full of trouble!
How short is life, how 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.
We blossom like a flower and then wither.
Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.
Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.
He comes out like a flower and withers;
he flees like a shadow and continues not.
he flees like a shadow and continues not.
Must you keep an eye on such a frail creature
and demand an accounting from me?
and demand an accounting from me?
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 purity out of an impure person?
No one!
No one!
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
There is not one.
There is not one.
You have decided the length of our lives.
You know how many months we will live,
and we are not given a minute longer.
You know how many months we will live,
and we are not given a minute longer.
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 leave us alone and let us rest!
We are like hired hands, so let us finish our work in peace.
We are like hired hands, so let us finish our work in peace.
“Even a tree has more hope!
If it is cut down, it will sprout again
and grow new branches.
If it is cut down, it will sprout again
and grow new branches.
“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.
Though its roots have grown old in the earth
and its stump decays,
and its stump decays,
Though its root grow old in the earth,
and its stump die in the soil,
and its stump die in the soil,
at the scent of water it will bud
and sprout again like a new seedling.
and sprout again like a new seedling.
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 when people die, their strength is gone.
They breathe their last, and then where are they?
They breathe their last, and then where are they?
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 water evaporates from a lake
and a river disappears in drought,
and a river disappears in drought,
As waters fail from a lake
and a river wastes away and dries up,
and a river wastes away and dries up,
people are laid to rest and do not rise again.
Until the heavens are no more, they will not wake up
nor be roused from their sleep.
Until the heavens are no more, they will not wake up
nor 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.
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!
Can the dead live again?
If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle,
and I would eagerly await the release of death.
If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle,
and I would eagerly await the release of death.
You would call and I would answer,
and you would yearn for me, your handiwork.
and you would yearn for me, your handiwork.
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.
For then you would guard my steps,
instead of watching for my sins.
instead of watching for my sins.
For then you would number my steps;
you would not keep watch over my sin;
you would not keep watch over my sin;
My sins would be sealed in a pouch,
and you would cover my guilt.
and you would cover my guilt.
my transgression would be sealed up in a bag,
and you would cover over my iniquity.
and you would cover over my iniquity.
“But instead, as mountains fall and crumble
and as rocks fall from a cliff,
and as rocks fall from a cliff,
“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 the stones
and floods wash away the soil,
so you destroy people’s hope.
and floods wash away the soil,
so you destroy people’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 always overpower them, and they pass from the scene.
You disfigure them in death and send them away.
You disfigure them in death 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.
They never know if their children grow up in honor
or sink to insignificance.
or sink to insignificance.
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.