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7 For there is hope for a tree if it shall be cut down, and it shall yet revive, and its suckers shall not cease. 8 If its root shall grow old in the earth, and its trunk shall die in the dust. 9 From the smell of water it will break forth, and make foliage as a plant. 10 And man will die and be weak: and man will expire, and where is he? 11 The waters departed from the sea, and the river will be wasted and dried up; 12 And man lay down and he will not rise: till the heavens be no more they shall not awake and rise from their sleep. 13 Who will give thou wilt hide me in hades? wilt thou cover me till the turning away of thine anger? wilt thou set for me a limit, and wilt thou remember me? 14 If a man die, shall he live? All the days of my warfare I will wait till the coming of my change. 15 Thou shalt call and I will answer thee: thou wilt long for the work of thy hands. 16 For now thou wilt count my steps: wilt thou not watch over my sin? 17 My transgression is sealed up in a purse, and thou wilt patch upon mine iniquity. 18 And yet the mountain falling shill decay, and the rock shall be removed from its place. 19 The waters rubbed the stones: thou wilt overflow the flowings of the dust of the earth; and thou didst destroy the hope of man. 20 Thou wilt overpower him forever, and he will go away: changing his face, thou wilt send him away. 21 His sons will be honored and he knew not: they will be brought low, and he will not understand for them. 22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul upon him shall mourn. Job 14:7-22, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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