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¹ Anyone born of woman² He blossoms like a flower, then withers;^(C1)
he flees like a shadow and does not last.³ Do you really take notice of one like this?
Will you bring me into judgment against you?^(F1)(C1)4 Who can produce something pure from what is impure?
No one!⁵ Since a person’s days are determined
and the number of his months depends on you,
and since you have set^(F1) limits he cannot pass,^(C1)6 look away from him and let him rest
so that he can enjoy his day like a hired worker.^(C1)

⁷ There is hope for a tree:
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its shoots will not die.⁸ If its roots grow old in the ground
and its stump starts to die in the soil,⁹ the scent of water makes it thrive
and produce twigs like a sapling.^(C1)10 But a person dies and fades away;
he breathes his last—where is he?¹¹ As water disappears from a lake
and a river becomes parched and dry,¹² so people lie down never to rise again.
They will not wake up until the heavens are no more;^(C1)
they will not stir from their sleep.

¹³ If only you would hide me in Sheol^(C1)
and conceal me until your anger^(C2) passes.
If only you would appoint a time for me
and then remember me.¹⁴ When a person dies, will he come back to life?
If so, I would wait^(C1) all the days of my struggle^(C2)
until my relief comes.¹⁵ You would call, and I would answer you.
You would long for the work of your hands.^(C1)16 For then you would count my steps^(C1)
but would not take note^(C2) of my sin.¹⁷ My rebellion would be sealed up in a bag,
and you would cover over my iniquity.

¹⁸ But as a mountain collapses and crumbles
and a rock is dislodged from its place,¹⁹ as water wears away stones
and torrents wash away the soil from the land,
so you destroy a man’s hope.^(C1)20 You completely overpower him, and he passes on;
you change his appearance and send him away.²¹ If his sons receive honor, he does not know it;
if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.^(C1)22 He feels only the pain of his own body
and mourns only for himself.