| Chapter 14 |
1 | Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.
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2 | He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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3 | And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?
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4 | Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
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5 | Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
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6 | Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
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7 | For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
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8 | Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;
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9 | Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.
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10 | But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
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11 | [As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;
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12 | So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
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13 | Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
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14 | If a man die, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.
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15 | Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.
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16 | But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?
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17 | My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
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18 | But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;
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19 | The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
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20 | Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
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21 | His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
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22 | But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.
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