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1 Man born of woman is short-lived and full of trouble, “Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble. “Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble.
2 Like a flower that springs up and fades, swift as a shadow that does not abide. He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not. They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
3 Upon such a one will you set your eyes, bringing me into judgment before you? And do you open your eyes on such a one and bring me into judgment with you? Do you fix your eye on them? Will you bring them before you for judgment?
4 Can anyone make the unclean clean? No one can. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one. Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!
5 Since his days are determined— you know the number of his months; you have fixed the limit which he cannot pass— Since his days are determined, and the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass, A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.
6 Look away from him and let him be, while, like a hireling, he completes his day. look away from him and leave him alone, that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, his day. So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.
7 For a tree there is hope; if it is cut down, it will sprout again, its tender shoots will not cease. “For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease. “At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.
8 Even though its root grow old in the earth and its stump die in the dust, Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stump die in the soil, Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,
9 Yet at the first whiff of water it sprouts and puts forth branches like a young plant. yet at the scent of water it will bud and put out branches like a young plant. yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.
10 But when a man dies, all vigor leaves him; when a mortal expires, where then is he? But a man dies and is laid low; man breathes his last, and where is he? But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more.
11 As when the waters of a lake fail, or a stream shrivels and dries up, As waters fail from a lake and a river wastes away and dries up, As the water of a lake dries up or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
12 So mortals lie down, never to rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep. so a man lies down and rises not again; till the heavens are no more he will not awake or be roused out of his sleep. so he lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.
13 Oh, that you would hide me in Sheol, shelter me till your wrath is past, fix a time to remember me! Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would conceal me until your wrath be past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me! “If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me!
14 If a man were to die, and live again, all the days of my drudgery I would wait for my relief to come. If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my service I would wait, till my renewal should come. If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.
15 You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands. You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands. You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.
16 Surely then you would count my steps, and not keep watch for sin in me. For then you would number my steps; you would not keep watch over my sin; Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.
17 My misdeeds would be sealed up in a pouch, and you would cover over my guilt. my transgression would be sealed up in a bag, and you would cover over my iniquity. My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my sin.
18 Mountains fall and crumble, rocks move from their place, “But the mountain falls and crumbles away, and the rock is removed from its place; “But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place,
19 And water wears away stone, and floods wash away the soil of the land— so you destroy the hope of mortals! the waters wear away the stones; the torrents wash away the soil of the earth; so you destroy the hope of man. as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person’s hope.
20 You prevail once for all against them and they pass on; you dismiss them with changed appearance. You prevail forever against him, and he passes; you change his countenance, and send him away. You overpower them once for all, and they are gone; you change their countenance and send them away.
21 If their children are honored, they are not aware of it; or if disgraced, they do not know about them. His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; they are brought low, and he perceives it not. If their children are honored, they do not know it; if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.
22 Only for themselves, their pain; only for themselves, their mourning. He feels only the pain of his own body, and he mourns only for himself.” They feel but the pain of their own bodies and mourn only for themselves.”
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