014:001
Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.

014:002
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

014:003
And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

014:004
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

014:005
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

014:006
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

014:007
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.

014:008
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

014:009
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

014:010
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

014:011
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

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014:012
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

014:013
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

014:014
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

014:015
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

014:016
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

014:017
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

014:018
And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

014:019
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

014:020
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

014:021
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

014:022
But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

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