The Book of Job

14: 1Man, that is born of a woman,

 Is of few days, and full of trouble.

 ^14:2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down:

 He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

 ^14:3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one,

 And bringest me into judgment with thee?

 ^14:4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

 ^14:5Seeing his days are determined,

 The number of his months is with thee,

 And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

 ^14:6Look away from him, that he may rest,

 Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
 
 

 ^14:7For 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.

 ^14:8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth,

 And the stock thereof die in the ground;

 ^14:9Yet through the scent of water it will bud,

 And put forth boughs like a plant.

 ^14:10But man dieth, and is laid low:

 Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

 ^14:11As the waters fail from the sea,

 And the river wasteth and drieth up;

 ^14:12So man lieth down and riseth not:

 Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake,

 Nor be roused out of their sleep.
 
 

 ^14:13Oh 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!

 ^14:14If a man die, shall he live again?

 All the days of my warfare would I wait,

 Till my release should come.

 ^14:15Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee:

 Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.

 ^14:16But now thou numberest my steps:

 Dost thou not watch over my sin?

 ^14:17My transgression is sealed up in a bag,

 And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.
 
 

 ^14:18But the mountain falling cometh to nought;

 And the rock is removed out of its place;

 ^14:19The waters wear the stones;

 The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth:

 So thou destroyest the hope of man.

 ^14:20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth;

 Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

 ^14:21His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not;

 And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

 ^14:22But his flesh upon him hath pain,

 And his soul within him mourneth.