Chapter 14

1 A man born of a woman is short of days, and is full of sorrows.

2 Like a flower, it goes out and falls; runs away like a shadow and does not stop.

3 And against him dost thou open thy eyes, and bring me to judgment with thee?

4 Who shall be born clean of uncleanness? None.

5 If the days are fixed for him, and the number of his months are with you, if you have set a limit for him, which he will not pass over,

6 then thou shalt turn away from him, and let him rest until he has finished his day as a hireling.

7 There is hope for the tree, that if it be cut down, it will come to life again, and the branches will not cease to come out of it:

8 Though its root be old in the ground, and its stump is frozen in the dust,

9 But as soon as it smells the water, it sprouts and sprouts branches, as if it were planted anew.

10 But man dies and disintegrates; departed, and where is he?

11 And the waters of the lake go away, and the river dries up and dries up.

12 so shall a man lie down, and shall not be; until the end of heaven he will not awake and will not rise from his sleep.

13 Oh, that Thou wouldst hide me in hell, and hid me until Thy wrath was past, set a time for me, and then remembered me!

14 When a man dies, will he live again? On all the days of the time allotted to me, I would wait for my replacement.

15 Thou wouldst call, and I would give thee an answer, and thou wouldst show favor to the work of thy hands;

16 for then thou wouldst have numbered my steps, and would not have waited for my sin;

17 In the scroll my iniquity would have been sealed, and thou wouldst have covered my guilt.

18 But the mountain falleth down, and the rock departs from its place;

19 The water weareth away the stones; its flood washes away the dust of the earth: so Thou destroyest the hope of man.

20 Thou shalt press him to the end, and he departs; you betray his face and send him away.