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| [1]Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. |
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| [2]He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. |
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| [3]And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with Thee? |
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| [4]Who can bring a clean thing out of unclean? not one. |
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| [5]Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with Thee, and Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; |
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| [6]Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. |
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| [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. |
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| [8]Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; |
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| [9]Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant. |
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| [10]But man dieth, and lieth low; yea, man perisheth, and where is he? |
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| [11]As the waters fail from the sea, and the river is drained dry; |
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| [12]So man lieth down and riseth not; till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep. |
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| [13]Oh that Thou wouldest hide me in the nether-world, that Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy wrath be past, that Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!— |
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| [14]If a man die, may he live again? All the days of my service would I wait, till my relief should come— |
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| [15]Thou wouldest call, and I would answer Thee; Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of Thy hands. |
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| [16]But now Thou numberest my steps, Thou dost not even wait for my sin; |
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| [17]My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity. |
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| [18]And surely the mountain falling crumbleth away, and the rock is removed out of its place; |
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| [19]The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man. |
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| [20]Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. |
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| [21]His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he regardeth them not. |
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| [22]But his flesh grieveth for him, and his soul mourneth over him. |
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