Job 14:1
“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
Job 14:2
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
Job 14:3
Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
Job 14:4
Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!
Job 14:5
Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
Job 14:6
look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
Job 14:7
For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
Job 14:8
If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
Job 14:9
at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.
Job 14:10
But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
Job 14:11
As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
Job 14:12
so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.
Job 14:13
If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
Job 14:14
When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
Job 14:15
You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
Job 14:16
For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
Job 14:17
My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
Job 14:18
But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
Job 14:19
as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
Job 14:20
You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
Job 14:21
If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
Job 14:22
He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”