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“How frail is humanity!
How short is life, how full of trouble!
How short is life, how full of trouble!
We blossom like a flower and then wither.
Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.
Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.
He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
Must you keep an eye on such a frail creature
and demand an accounting from me?
and demand an accounting from me?
Who can bring purity out of an impure person?
No one!
No one!
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one!
No one!
You have decided the length of our lives.
You know how many months we will live,
and we are not given a minute longer.
You know how many months we will live,
and we are not given a minute longer.
Since his days are determined,
The number of his months is with You;
You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.
The number of his months is with You;
You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.
So leave us alone and let us rest!
We are like hired hands, so let us finish our work in peace.
We are like hired hands, so let us finish our work in peace.
“Even a tree has more hope!
If it is cut down, it will sprout again
and grow new branches.
If it is cut down, it will sprout again
and grow new branches.
“For there is hope for a tree,
If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And that its tender shoots will not cease.
If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And that its tender shoots will not cease.
Though its roots have grown old in the earth
and its stump decays,
and its stump decays,
Though its root may grow old in the earth,
And its stump may die in the ground,
And its stump may die in the ground,
at the scent of water it will bud
and sprout again like a new seedling.
and sprout again like a new seedling.
Yet at the scent of water it will bud
And bring forth branches like a plant.
And bring forth branches like a plant.
“But when people die, their strength is gone.
They breathe their last, and then where are they?
They breathe their last, and then where are they?
As water evaporates from a lake
and a river disappears in drought,
and a river disappears in drought,
As water disappears from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dries up,
And a river becomes parched and dries up,
people are laid to rest and do not rise again.
Until the heavens are no more, they will not wake up
nor be roused from their sleep.
Until the heavens are no more, they will not wake up
nor be roused from their sleep.
So man lies down and does not rise.
Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.
Till the heavens are no more,
They will not awake
Nor be roused from their sleep.
“Oh, that You would hide me in the grave,
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,
That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Can the dead live again?
If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle,
and I would eagerly await the release of death.
If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle,
and I would eagerly await the release of death.
If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my hard service I will wait,
Till my change comes.
All the days of my hard service I will wait,
Till my change comes.
You would call and I would answer,
and you would yearn for me, your handiwork.
and you would yearn for me, your handiwork.
You shall call, and I will answer You;
You shall desire the work of Your hands.
You shall desire the work of Your hands.
For then you would guard my steps,
instead of watching for my sins.
instead of watching for my sins.
For now You number my steps,
But do not watch over my sin.
But do not watch over my sin.
My sins would be sealed in a pouch,
and you would cover my guilt.
and you would cover my guilt.
“But instead, as mountains fall and crumble
and as rocks fall from a cliff,
and as rocks fall from a cliff,
“But as a mountain falls and crumbles away,
And as a rock is moved from its place;
And as a rock is moved from its place;
as water wears away the stones
and floods wash away the soil,
so you destroy people’s hope.
and floods wash away the soil,
so you destroy people’s hope.
As water wears away stones,
And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
So You destroy the hope of man.
And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
So You destroy the hope of man.
You always overpower them, and they pass from the scene.
You disfigure them in death and send them away.
You disfigure them in death and send them away.
You prevail forever against him, and he passes on;
You change his countenance and send him away.
You change his countenance and send him away.
They never know if their children grow up in honor
or sink to insignificance.
or sink to insignificance.
His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;
They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.
They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.