Job 14

1 [“] Man, born of a woman, [is] short of days and full of trouble.

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

3 And upon this one do You open Your eyes; and bring me into judgment with You?

4 Who will bring clean from unclean? Not one!

5 Since his days are determined, the number of his months [is] with You; his limits You have made, and he cannot pass over [them].

6 Look away from him that he may rest, until he can enjoy his day like a hireling.

7 For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that again it will pass through, and its tender shoots will not cease.

8 Though its root may grow old in the earth, and its stump may die in the dirt,

9 from the scent of water it will sprout, and will make branch[es] like a [fresh] planting.

10 And a man dies and is laid low; and a man expires, and where [is] he?

11 As waters disappear from the sea, and a river dries up and withers,

12 so a man lies down and does not arise; until the heavens [are] no more, they will not awaken and they will not be roused from their sleep.

13 Who will give [that] You would hide me in Sheol, [that] You would hide me until the turning back of Your anger, [that] You would set for me a limit, and then remember me!

14 If a man dies, will he live? All the days of my hardship, I will wait, until the coming of my change.

15 You will call, and I will answer You; You will desire the work of Your hands.

16 For now, You count my steps; You do not watch over my sin.

17 My transgression is sealed up in a bundle, and You plaster over my iniquity.

18 But [as] a falling mountain wastes away, and [as] a rock moves from its place,

19 [as] stones [by] the waters are worn away, [and] her torrents engulf the dust of the earth, so the hope of man You destroy.

20 You prevail over him forever, and he goes away; You change his face and send him away.

21 His sons gain honor, and he does not know [it]; and they are diminished, and he does not perceive it.

22 Indeed his flesh upon him is in pain, and his soul mourns over him.”