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53 lines
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# Chapter 14
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1 “Man who is born of woman
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Is of few days and full of trouble.
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2 He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
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He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
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3 And do You open Your eyes on such a one,
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And bring me to judgment with Yourself?
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4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
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No one!
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5 Since his days are determined,
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The number of his months is with You;
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You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.
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6 Look away from him that he may rest,
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Till like a hired man he finishes his day.
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7 “For there is hope for a tree,
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If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
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And that its tender shoots will not cease.
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8 Though its root may grow old in the earth,
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And its stump may die in the ground,
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9 Yet at the scent of water it will bud
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And bring forth branches like a plant.
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10 But man dies and is laid away;
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Indeed he breathes his last
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And where is he?
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11 As water disappears from the sea,
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And a river becomes parched and dries up,
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12 So man lies down and does not rise.
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Till the heavens are no more,
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They will not awake
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Nor be roused from their sleep.
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13 “Oh, that You would hide me in the grave,
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That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
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That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
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14 If a man dies, shall he live again?
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All the days of my hard service I will wait,
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Till my change comes.
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15 You shall call, and I will answer You;
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You shall desire the work of Your hands.
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16 For now You number my steps,
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But do not watch over my sin.
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17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
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And You cover my iniquity.
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18 “But as a mountain falls and crumbles away,
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And as a rock is moved from its place;
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19 As water wears away stones,
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And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
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So You destroy the hope of man.
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20 You prevail forever against him, and he passes on;
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You change his countenance and send him away.
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21 His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;
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They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.
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22 But his flesh will be in pain over it,
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And his soul will mourn over it.” |