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¹ Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble:² As a flower, he cometh forth - and fadeth, He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.³ And yet upon such a one as this, hast thou opened thine eye? And, him, wouldst thou bring into judgment with thee?⁴ Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one!⁵ If determined am his days, the number of his months, is with thee, Fixed times for him, thou hast appointed and he cannot go beyond.⁶ Look sway from him, that he may rest, Till he shall pay off, as a hireling, his day.

⁷ Though there is - for a tree - hope, - if it should be cut down, that, again, it will grow, and, the tender branch thereof, will not cease;⁸ If its root, should become old in the earth, and, in the dust, its stock should die:⁹ Through the scent of water, it may break forth, and produce branches like a sapling,¹⁰ Yet, man, dieth, and is prostrate, Yea the son of earth doth cease to breathe, and where is he?¹¹ Waters, have failed from, the sea, and, a river, may waste and dry up;¹² So, a man, hath lain down, and shall not arise, until there are no heavens, they shall not awake, nor be roused up out of their sleep.¹³ Oh that, in hades, thou wouldst hide me! that thou wouldst keep me secret, until the turn of thine anger, that thou wouldst set for me a fixed time, and remember me:¹⁴ If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my warfare, would I wait, until my relief should come: - ¹⁵ Thou shouldst call, and, I, would answer thee, - For the work of thine own hand, thou shouldst long.

¹⁶ For, now, my steps, thou countest, Thou wilt not pass over my sin:¹⁷ Sealed up in a bag, is my transgression, and thou hast glued over mine iniquity.¹⁸ But, in very deed, a mountain falling, will lie prostrate, or, a rock moved out of its place:¹⁹ Stones, have been hollowed out by waters, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth, and, the hope of mortal man, thou hast destroyed:²⁰ Thou dost overpower him utterly, and he departeth, Disfiguring his face, so, hast thou sent him away.²¹ His sons, come to honour, and he knoweth it not, Or they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not of them.²² But, his flesh, for himself, is in pain, and, his soul, for himself, doth mourn.