Job
14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
14:2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a
shadow, and continueth not.
14:3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into
judgment with thee?
14:4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
14:5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee,
thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
14:6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an
hireling, his day.
14:7 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.
14:8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die
in the ground;
14:9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like
a plant.
14:10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where
is he?
14:11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
14:12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they
shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
14:13 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!
14:14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time
will I wait, till my change come.
14:15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the
work of thine hands.
14:16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
14:17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine
iniquity.
14:18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is
removed out of his place.
14:19 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.
14:20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his
countenance, and sendest him away.
14:21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought
low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
14:22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall
mourn.
