Job 14
1 A person born of a woman lives only a short time and is full of trouble.
2 He springs up like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and does not remain.
3 Yet you turn your eyes toward someone like this and bring me with you into judgment?
4 Who can bring what is pure out of what is impure? No one.
5 If his days are determined, the number of his months is with you; you have set his limits, and he cannot go beyond them.
6 Look away from him and leave him alone, until he enjoys his day like a hired worker.
7 There is hope for a tree: if it is cut down, it sprouts again, and its shoot does not fail.
8 Its root may grow old in the earth, and its trunk may die in the dust.
9 At the scent of water, it blossoms and puts out branches like a young plant.
10 But a man dies and lies powerless; a person breathes his last, and where is he?
11 The waters vanish from the sea; the river dries up and is empty.”
12 “A man lies down and does not rise again; as long as the heavens endure, he will not wake or be roused from his sleep.
13 If only you would hide me in Sheol, conceal me until your anger has passed, set a time for me, and then remember me!
14 If a man dies, will he live again? I would wait through all the days of my service until my release came.
15 You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands.
16 But now you count my steps; you do not keep watch over my sin.
17 My transgression is sealed in a pouch, and you cover over my guilt.
18 But a mountain that falls crumbles away, and a rock shifts from its place.
19 Water wears away stones; a flood carries off the dust of the earth. And you destroy the hope of mortals.
20 You overpower him forever, and he is gone; you change his face and send him away.
21 His children are honored, and he does not know; they are brought low, and he does not perceive it.
22 Only his own flesh feels pain; he himself mourns for himself.”
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