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¹ Man born of woman is short of days, and full of turmoil.² He comes forth like a flower and withers; he also flees like a shadow and does not stand.³ Also do You open Your eyes on such a one and bring me into judgment with You?⁴ Who gives a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!⁵ Since his days are fixed, the number of his months is with You, and You have appointed his bounds, and he cannot pass over;⁶ look away from him, so that he may rest, till he shall enjoy his day as a hireling.

⁷ For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and its shoot will not cease.⁸ Though its root becomes old in the earth, and its stump dies in the dust,⁹ at the scent of water it will bud and bring forth branches like a plant.¹⁰ But man dies and is cut off, and man expires; and where is he?¹¹ As the waters go away from the sea, and a river wastes away and dries up,¹² even so man lies down and does not rise until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.¹³ Who will grant that You would hide me in Sheol; You would conceal me until Your anger turns back; that You would set a limit for me and remember me?¹⁴ If a man dies, will he revive? All the days of my warfare I will wait, until my change comes.¹⁵ You shall call, and I will answer You; You shall long to the work of Your hands.

¹⁶ For now You number my steps; do You not watch over my sin?¹⁷ My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and You cover over my iniquity.¹⁸ And surely a falling mountain crumbles away, and the rock moves out of its place.¹⁹ The waters wear away stones; its outpouring washes the dust of the earth; and You cause the hope of man to perish.²⁰ You overpower him forever, and he goes. You change his face and send him away.²¹ His sons come to honor, and he does not know; they fail, but he does not mark it.²² But his flesh is pained within him; and his soul mourns over him.