Job 14
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Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.
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He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down: He flees also as a shadow, and continues
not.
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And do you open your eyes upon such a one, And bring me into judgment with you?
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Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
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Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with you, And you have
appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
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Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his
day.
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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.
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Though its root wax old in the earth, And its stock die in the ground;
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Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.
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But man dies, and is laid low: Yea, man gives up the ghost, and where is he?
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[As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wastes and dries up;
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So man lies down and rises not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake,
Nor be roused out of their sleep.
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Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, That you would keep me secret, until your anger
be past, That you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
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If a man die, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till
my release should come.
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You would call, and I would answer you: You would have a desire to the work of your
hands.
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But now you number my steps: Do you not watch over my sin?
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My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And you fasten up mine iniquity.
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But the mountain falling comes to nothing; And the rock is removed out of its place;
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The waters wear the stones; Its overflowings wash away the dust of the earth:
So you destroy the hope of man.
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You prevail for ever against him, and he passes; You change his countenance, and send
him away.
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His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; And they are brought low, but he perceives
it not of them.
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But his flesh upon him has pain, And his soul within him mourns.