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Job Speaks of the Finality of Death

¹ "^(C1)Man, who is born of woman,
Is ^(F1)short-lived and ^(C2)full of turmoil.

² "^(C1)Like a flower he comes forth and withers.
He also flees like ^(C2)a shadow and does not remain.

³ "You also ^(C1)open Your eyes on him
And ^(C2)bring ^(F1)him into judgment with Yourself.

⁴ "^(C1)Who can make the clean out of the unclean?
No one!

⁵ "Since his days are determined,
The ^(C1)number of his months is with You;
And his limits You have ^(F1)set so that he cannot pass.

⁶ "^(C1)Turn Your gaze from him that he may ^(F1)rest,
Until he ^(F2)fulfills his day like a hired man.

⁷ "For there is hope for a tree,
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not ^(F1)fail.

⁸ "Though its roots grow old in the ground
And its stump dies in the dry soil,

⁹ At the scent of water it will flourish
And put forth sprigs like a plant.

¹⁰ "But ^(C1)man dies and lies prostrate.
Man ^(C2)expires, and where is he?

¹¹ "As ^(C1)water ^(F1)evaporates from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,

¹² So ^(C1)man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens are no longer,
^(F1)He will not awake nor be aroused out of ^(F2)his sleep.

¹³ "Oh that You would hide me in ^(F1)Sheol,
That You would conceal me ^(C1)until Your wrath returns to You,
That You would set a limit for me and remember me!

¹⁴ "If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my struggle I will wait
Until my change comes.

¹⁵ "You will call, and I will answer You;
You will long for ^(C1)the work of Your hands.

¹⁶ "For now You ^(C1)number my steps,
You do not ^(C2)observe my sin.

¹⁷ "My transgression is ^(C1)sealed up in a bag,
And You ^(F1)wrap up my iniquity.

¹⁸ "But the falling mountain ^(F1)crumbles away,
And the rock moves from its place;

¹⁹ Water wears away stones,
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You ^(C1)destroy man's hope.

²⁰ "You forever overpower him and he ^(C1)departs;
You change his appearance and send him away.

²¹ "His sons achieve honor, but ^(C1)he does not know it;
Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.

²² "But his ^(F1)body pains him,
And he mourns only for himself."