Job14:1 "Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
Job14:2 "Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
Job14:3 "Thou also dost open Thine eyes on him, And bring him into judgment with Thyself.
Job14:4 "Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!
Job14:5 "Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with Thee, And his limits Thou hast set so that he cannot pass.
Job14:6 "Turn Thy gaze from him that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.
Job14:7 "For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail.
Job14:8 "Though its roots grow old in the ground, And its stump dies in the dry soil,
Job14:9 At the scent of water it will flourish And put forth sprigs like a plant.
Job14:10 "But man dies and lies prostrate. Man expires, and where is he?
Job14:11 "[As] water evaporates from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dried up,
Job14:12 So man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens be no more, He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.
Job14:13 "Oh that Thou wouldst hide me in Sheol, That Thou wouldst conceal me until Thy wrath returns [to Thee], That Thou wouldst set a limit for me and remember me!
Job14:14 "If a man dies, will he live [again]? All the days of my struggle I will wait, Until my change comes.
Job14:15 "Thou wilt call, and I will answer Thee; Thou wilt long for the work of Thy hands.
Job14:16 "For now Thou dost number my steps, Thou dost not observe my sin.
Job14:17 "My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And Thou dost wrap up my iniquity.
Job14:18 "But the falling mountain crumbles away, And the rock moves from its place;
Job14:19 Water wears away stones, Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So Thou dost destroy man's hope.
Job14:20 "Thou dost forever overpower him and he departs; [Thou] dost change his appearance and send him away.
Job14:21 "His sons achieve honor, but he does not know [it]; Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.
Job14:22 "But his body pains him, And he mourns only for himself."