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[1]Man that is born of woman, is of short continuance, and full of trouble.
[2]He shooteth forth as a flower, and is cut down: he vanisheth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
[3]And yet thou openest thine eyes upon such one, and causest me to enter into judgment with thee.
[4]Who can bring a clean thing out of filthiness? There is not one.
[5]Are not his days determined? The number of his months are with thee: thou hast appointed his bounds, which he cannot pass.
[6]Turn from him that he may cease until his desired day, as an hireling.
[7]For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will yet sprout, and the branches thereof will not cease.
[8]Though the root of it wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof be dead in the ground,
[9]Yet by the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
[10]But man is sick, and dieth, and man perisheth, and where is he?
[11]As the waters pass from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth up,
[12]So man sleepeth and riseth not: for he shall not wake again, nor be raised from his sleep till the heaven be no more.
[13]Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, and keep me secret, until thy wrath were past, and wouldest give me term, and remember me.
[14]If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of mine appointed time will I wait, till my changing shall come.
[15]Thou shalt call me, and I shall answer thee: thou lovest the work of thine own hands.
[16]But now thou numberest my steps, and dost not delay my sins.
[17]Mine iniquity is sealed up, as in a bag, and thou addest unto my wickedness.
[18]And surely as the mountain that falleth, cometh to naught, and the rock that is removed from his place:
[19]As the water breaketh the stones, when thou overflowest the things which grow in the dust of the earth: so thou destroyest the hope of man.
[20]Thou prevailest alway against him, so that he passeth away: he changeth his face when thou castest him away.
[21]And he knoweth not if his sons shall be honorable, neither shall he understand concerning them, whether they shall be of low degree,
[22]But while his flesh is upon him, he shall be sorrowful, and while his soul is in him, it shall mourn.
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