Noyes - Job - 14

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

14:2  He cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down; He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

14:3  And dost thou fix thine eyes upon such a one? And dost thou bring me into judgment with thee?

14:4  Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean? Not one.

14:5  Seeing that his days are determined, And the number of his months, with thee, And that thou hast appointed him bounds which he cannot pass,

14:6  O turn thine eyes from him, and let him rest, That he may enjoy, as a hireling, his day!

14:7  For there is hope for a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender branches will not fail;

14:8  Though its root may have grown old in the earth, And though its trunk be dead upon the ground,

14:9  Through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs, like a young plant.

14:10  But man dieth, and he is gone! Man expireth, and where is he?

14:11  The waters fail from the lake; And the stream wasteth and drieth up;

14:12  So man lieth down, and riseth not; Till the heavens be no more, he shall not awake, Nor be roused from his sleep.

14:13  O that thou wouldst hide me in the under-world! That thou wouldst conceal me till thy wrath be past! That thou wouldst appoint me a time, and then remember me!

14:14  If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my war-service would I wait, Till my change should come.

14:15  Thou wilt call, and I will answer thee; Thou wilt have compassion upon the work of thy hands!

14:16  But now thou numberest my steps; Thou watchest over my sins.

14:17  My transgression is sealed up in a bag; Yea, thou addest unto my iniquity.

14:18  As the mountain falling cometh to nought, And the rock is removed from its place;

14:19  As the waters wear away the stones, And the floods wash away the dust of the earth, So thou destroyest the hope of man.

14:20  Thou prevailest against him continually, and he perisheth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

14:21  His sons come to honor, but he knoweth it not; Or they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not.

14:22  But his flesh shall have pain for itself alone; For itself alone shall his soul mourn.