Job 14:16-22 ▼

16 “But now You number [each of] my steps; You do not observe nor take note of my sin.

17 “My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You cover my wickedness [from Your view].

18 “But as a mountain, if it falls, crumbles into nothing, And as the rock is moved from its place,

19 Water wears away the stones, Its floods and torrents wash away the soil of the earth, So You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man.

20 “You prevail forever against him and overpower him, and he passes on; You change his appearance and send him away [from the presence of the living].

21 “His sons achieve honor, and he does not know it; They become insignificant, and he is not aware of it.

22 “But his body [lamenting its decay] grieves in pain over it, And his soul mourns over [the loss of] himself.”