JPS - Job - 14

14:1  Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

14:2  He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

14:3  And dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with Thee?

14:4  Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

14:5  Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with Thee, and Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

14:6  Look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

14:7  For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

14:8  Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

14:9  Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.

14:10  But man dieth, and lieth low; yea, man perisheth, and where is he?

14:11  As the waters fail from the sea, and the river is drained dry;

14:12  So man lieth down and riseth not; till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

14:13  Oh that Thou wouldest hide me in the nether-world, that Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy wrath be past, that Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!--

14:14  If a man die, may he live again? All the days of my service would I wait, till my relief should come--

14:15  Thou wouldest call, and I would answer Thee; Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of Thy hands.

14:16  But now Thou numberest my steps, Thou dost not even wait for my sin;

14:17  My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.

14:18  And surely the mountain falling crumbleth away, and the rock is removed out of its place;

14:19  The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.

14:20  Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

14:21  His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he regardeth them not.

14:22  But his flesh grieveth for him, and his soul mourneth over him.