Job 14
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| v | JPS1917 |
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| 1 | Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. |
| 2 | He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. |
| 3 | And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with Thee? |
| 4 | Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. |
| 5 | Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with Thee, And Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; |
| 6 | Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. |
| 7 | For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease. |
| 8 | Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground; |
| 9 | Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant. |
| 10 | But man dieth, and lieth low; Yea, man perisheth, and where is he? |
| 11 | As the waters fail from the sea, And the river is drained dry; |
| 12 | So man lieth down and riseth not; Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep. |
| 13 | Oh that Thou wouldest hide me in the nether-world, That Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy wrath be past, That Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!— |
| 14 | If a man die, may he live again? All the days of my service would I wait, till my relief should come— |
| 15 | Thou wouldest call, and I would answer Thee; Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of Thy hands. |
| 16 | But now Thou numberest my steps, Thou dost not even wait for my sin; |
| 17 | My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And Thou heapest up mine iniquity. |
| 18 | And surely the mountain falling crumbleth away, And the rock is removed out of its place; |
| 19 | The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; So Thou destroyest the hope of man. |
| 20 | Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. |
| 21 | His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he regardeth them not. |
| 22 | But his flesh grieveth for him, And his soul mourneth over him. |