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"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble. |
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He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain. |
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Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment? |
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Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one! |
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Since man's days are determined, the number of his months is under your control; you have set his limit and he cannot pass it. |
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Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man. |
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"But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. |
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Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil, |
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at the scent of water it will flourish and put forth shoots like a new plant. |
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But man dies and is powerless; he expires— and where is he? |
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As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up, |
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so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep. |
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"O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me! |
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If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes. |
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You will call and I— I will answer you; you will long for the creature you have made. |
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"Surely now you count my steps; then you would not mark my sin. |
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My offenses would be sealed up in a bag; you would cover over my sin. |
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But as a mountain falls away and crumbles, and as a rock will be removed from its place, |
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as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man's hope. |
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You overpower him once for all, and he departs; you change his appearance and send him away. |
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If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it. |
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Only his flesh has pain for himself, and he mourns for himself." |
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