| 章 |
| 14:1 |
Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
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| 14:2 |
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.
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| 14:3 |
Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
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| 14:4 |
Who can bring a clean [man] out of the unclean? Not one!
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| 14:5 |
If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [and] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,
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| 14:6 |
Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
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| 14:7 |
For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;
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| 14:8 |
Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,
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| 14:9 |
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.
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| 14:10 |
But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
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| 14:11 |
The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:
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| 14:12 |
So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.
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| 14:13 |
Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, --
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| 14:14 |
(If a man die, shall he live [again]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:
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| 14:15 |
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.
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| 14:16 |
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
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| 14:17 |
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity.
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| 14:18 |
And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;
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| 14:19 |
The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
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| 14:20 |
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.
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| 14:21 |
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not.
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| 14:22 |
But his flesh hath pain for himself alone, and his soul mourneth for himself.
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