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¹ Man that is borne of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.² He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.³ And yet thou openest thine eyes vpon such one, and causest me to enter into iudgement with thee.⁴ Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse? there is not one.⁵ Are not his dayes determined? the nober of his moneths are with thee: thou hast appointed his boundes, which he can not passe.⁶ Turne from him that he may cease vntill his desired day, as an hyreling.

⁷ For there is hope of a tree, if it bee cut downe, that it will yet sproute, and the branches thereof will not cease.⁸ Though the roote of it waxe olde in the earth, & the stocke thereof be dead in ye ground,⁹ Yet by the sent of water it will bud, and bring foorth boughes like a plant.¹⁰ But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?¹¹ As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp,¹² So man sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.¹³ Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the graue, and keepe me secret, vntill thy wrath were past, and wouldest giue me terme, and remember me.¹⁴ If a man die, shall he liue againe? All the dayes of mine appointed time will I waite, till my changing shall come.¹⁵ Thou shalt call me, and I shall answere thee: thou louest the worke of thine own hands.

¹⁶ But nowe thou nombrest my steppes, and doest not delay my sinnes.¹⁷ Mine iniquitie is sealed vp, as in a bagge, and thou addest vnto my wickednesse.¹⁸ And surely as the mountaine that falleth, commeth to nought, and the rocke that is remooued from his place:¹⁹ As the water breaketh the stones, when thou ouerflowest the things which growe in the dust of ye earth: so thou destroyest ye hope of man.²⁰ Thou preuailest alway against him, so that he passeth away: he changeth his face when thou castest him away.²¹ And he knoweth not if his sonnes shall be honourable, neither shall he vnderstand concerning them, whether they shalbe of lowe degree,²² But while his flesh is vpon him, he shall be sorowfull, and while his soule is in him, it shal mourne.