Job 14:1-9 ▼

1 “Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

2 Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not stand.

3 You also open Your eyes on him And bring me into judgment with Yourself.

4 Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!

5 Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.

6 Turn Your gaze from him that he may cease from toil, Until he accepts his day like a hired man.

7 “For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will change back sprouting again, And its shoots will not cease.

8 Though its roots grow old in the ground And its stump dies in the dry soil,

9 At the scent of water it will flourish And put forth sprigs like a plant.