1Man[H120] that is born[H3205] of a woman[H802] is of few[H7116]days[H3117], and full[H7649] of trouble[H7267].
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He cometh forth[H3318] like a flower[H6731], and is cut down[H5243]: he fleeth[H1272] also as a shadow[H6738], and continueth[H5975] not.
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And dost thou open[H6491] thine eyes[H5869] upon such an one[H2088], and bringest[H935] me into judgment[H4941] with thee?
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Who can bring[H5414] a clean[H2889] thing out of an unclean?[H2931] not one[H259].
5Seeing[H518] his days[H3117] are determined[H2782], the number[H4557] of his months[H2320] are with thee, thou hast appointed[H6213] his bounds[H2706] that he cannot pass[H5674];
6Turn[H8159] from him, that he may rest[H2308], till he shall accomplish[H7521], as an hireling[H7916], his day[H3117].
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For there is[H3426]hope[H8615] of a tree[H6086], if it be cut down[H3772], that it will sprout again[H2498], and that the tender branch[H3127] thereof will not cease[H2308].
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Though the root[H8328] thereof wax old[H2204] in the earth[H776], and the stock[H1503] thereof die[H4191] in the ground[H6083];
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Yet through the scent[H7381] of water[H4325] it will bud[H6524], and bring forth[H6213]boughs[H7105] like a plant[H5194].
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But man[H1397]dieth[H4191], and wasteth away[H2522]: yea, man[H120] giveth up the ghost[H1478], and where is he?
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As the waters[H4325]fail[H235] from the sea[H3220], and the flood[H5104]decayeth[H2717] and drieth up[H3001]:
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So man[H376] lieth down[H7901], and riseth[H6965] not: till the heavens[H8064] be no more[H1115], they shall not awake[H6974], nor be raised out[H5782] of their sleep[H8142].
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O that[H5414] thou wouldest hide[H6845] me in the grave[H7585], that[H5414] thou wouldest keep me secret[H5641], until thy wrath[H639] be past[H7725], that[H5414] thou wouldest appoint[H7896] me a set time[H2706], and remember[H2142] me!
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If a man[H1397]die[H4191], shall he live[H2421] again? all the days[H3117] of my appointed time[H6635] will I wait[H3176], till my change[H2487]come[H935].
15
Thou shalt call[H7121], and I will answer[H6030] thee: thou wilt have a desire[H3700] to the work[H4639] of thine hands[H3027].
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For now thou numberest[H5608] my steps[H6806]: dost thou not watch[H8104] over my sin?[H2403]
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My transgression[H6588] is sealed up[H2856] in a bag[H6872], and thou sewest up[H2950] mine iniquity[H5771].
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And surely[H199] the mountain[H2022]falling[H5307] cometh to nought[H5034], and the rock[H6697] is removed[H6275] out of his place[H4725].
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The waters[H4325]wear[H7833] the stones[H68]: thou washest away[H7857] the things which grow[H5599] out of the dust[H6083] of the earth[H776]; and thou destroyest[H6] the hope[H8615] of man[H582].
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Thou prevailest[H8630] for ever[H5331] against him, and he passeth[H1980]: thou changest[H8138] his countenance[H6440], and sendest him away[H7971].
21
His sons[H1121] come to honour[H3513], and he knoweth[H3045] it not; and they are brought low[H6819], but he perceiveth[H995] it not of them.
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But his flesh[H1320] upon him shall have pain[H3510], and his soul[H5315] within him shall mourn[H56].