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# Chapter 14
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1 Anyone born of woman
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is short of days and full of trouble.
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2 He blossoms like a flower, then withers;
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he flees like a shadow and does not last.
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3 Do you really take notice of one like this?
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Will you bring me into judgment against you?
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4 Who can produce something pure from what is impure?
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No one!
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5 Since a person’s days are determined
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and the number of his months depends on you,
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and since you have set limits he cannot pass,
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6 look away from him and let him rest
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so that he can enjoy his day like a hired worker.
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7 There is hope for a tree:
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If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
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and its shoots will not die.
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8 If its roots grow old in the ground
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and its stump starts to die in the soil,
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9 the scent of water makes it thrive
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and produce twigs like a sapling.
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10 But a person dies and fades away;
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he breathes his last—where is he?
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11 As water disappears from a lake
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and a river becomes parched and dry,
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12 so people lie down never to rise again.
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They will not wake up until the heavens are no more;
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they will not stir from their sleep.
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13 If only you would hide me in Sheol
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and conceal me until your anger passes.
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If only you would appoint a time for me
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and then remember me.
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14 When a person dies, will he come back to life?
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If so, I would wait all the days of my struggle
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until my relief comes.
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15 You would call, and I would answer you.
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You would long for the work of your hands.
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16 For then you would count my steps
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but would not take note of my sin.
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17 My rebellion would be sealed up in a bag,
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and you would cover over my iniquity.
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18 But as a mountain collapses and crumbles
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and a rock is dislodged from its place,
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19 as water wears away stones
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and torrents wash away the soil from the land,
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so you destroy a man’s hope.
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20 You completely overpower him, and he passes on;
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you change his appearance and send him away.
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21 If his sons receive honor, he does not know it;
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if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.
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22 He feels only the pain of his own body
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and mourns only for himself. |