Job 14:1-9 ▼

1 Man born of woman is short of days and full of trouble.

2 He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.

3 Do You really take notice of one like this? Will You bring me into judgment against You?

4 Who can produce something pure from what is impure? No one!

5 Since man’s days are determined and the number of his months depends on You, and since You have set limits he cannot pass,

6 look away from him and let him rest so that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand.

7 There is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its shoots will not die.

8 If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump starts to die in the soil,

9 the smell of water makes it thrive and produce twigs like a sapling.