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Job 14
1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as
a shadow, and continueth not.
3 And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me
into judgment with thee?
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with
thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an
hireling, his day.
7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will
sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock
thereof die in the ground;
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth
boughs like a plant.
10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost,
and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and
drieth up:
12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more,
they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest
keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set
time, and remember me!
14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed
time will I wait, till my change come.
15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire
to the work of thine hands.
16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my
sin?
17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine
iniquity.
18 And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock
is removed out of his place.
19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which
grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou
changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are
brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him
shall mourn.
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