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“Mortals, born of woman,
are of few days and full of trouble.
are of few days and full of trouble.
Job Speaks of the Finality of Death
“Man, who is born of woman,
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
“Man, who is born of woman,
Is short-lived and full of turmoil.
They spring up like flowers and wither away;
like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
“Like a flower he comes forth and withers.
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.
“You also open Your eyes on him
And bring him into judgment with Yourself.
And bring him into judgment with Yourself.
Who can bring what is pure from the impure?
No one!
No one!
“Who can make the clean out of the unclean?
No one!
No one!
A person’s days are determined;
you have decreed the number of his months
and have set limits he cannot exceed.
you have decreed the number of his months
and have set limits he cannot exceed.
“Since his days are determined,
The number of his months is with You;
And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.
The number of his months is with You;
And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.
So look away from him and let him alone,
till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.
till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.
“Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest,
Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.
Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.
“At least there is hope for a tree:
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots will not fail.
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots will not fail.
“For there is hope for a tree,
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not fail.
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not fail.
Its roots may grow old in the ground
and its stump die in the soil,
and its stump die in the soil,
“Though its roots grow old in the ground
And its stump dies in the dry soil,
And its stump dies in the dry soil,
yet at the scent of water it will bud
and put forth shoots like a plant.
and put forth shoots like a plant.
At the scent of water it will flourish
And put forth sprigs like a plant.
And put forth sprigs like a plant.
But a man dies and is laid low;
he breathes his last and is no more.
he breathes his last and is no more.
“But man dies and lies prostrate.
Man expires, and where is he?
Man expires, and where is he?
As the water of a lake dries up
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,
“As water evaporates from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,
so he lies down and does not rise;
till the heavens are no more, people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.
till the heavens are no more, people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.
So man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens are no longer,
He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.
Until the heavens are no longer,
He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.
“If only you would hide me in the grave
and conceal me till your anger has passed!
If only you would set me a time
and then remember me!
and conceal me till your anger has passed!
If only you would set me a time
and then remember me!
“Oh that You would hide me in Sheol,
That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You,
That You would set a limit for me and remember me!
That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You,
That You would set a limit for me and remember me!
“If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my struggle I will wait
Until my change comes.
All the days of my struggle I will wait
Until my change comes.
You will call and I will answer you;
you will long for the creature your hands have made.
you will long for the creature your hands have made.
“You will call, and I will answer You;
You will long for the work of Your hands.
You will long for the work of Your hands.
Surely then you will count my steps
but not keep track of my sin.
but not keep track of my sin.
“For now You number my steps,
You do not observe my sin.
You do not observe my sin.
My offenses will be sealed up in a bag;
you will cover over my sin.
you will cover over my sin.
“My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
And You wrap up my iniquity.
And You wrap up my iniquity.
“But as a mountain erodes and crumbles
and as a rock is moved from its place,
and as a rock is moved from its place,
“But the falling mountain crumbles away,
And the rock moves from its place;
And the rock moves from its place;
as water wears away stones
and torrents wash away the soil,
so you destroy a person’s hope.
and torrents wash away the soil,
so you destroy a person’s hope.
Water wears away stones,
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You destroy man’s hope.
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You destroy man’s hope.
You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;
you change their countenance and send them away.
you change their countenance and send them away.
“You forever overpower him and he departs;
You change his appearance and send him away.
You change his appearance and send him away.
If their children are honored, they do not know it;
if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.
if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.
“His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it;
Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.
Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.