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Man who iskch. 15:14; 25:4; Matt. 11:11 born of a woman
islch. 10:20; 16:22; Gen. 47:9; Ps. 39:5; 89:47 few of days andmSee ch. 5:7 full of trouble.
2 He comes out likenPs. 103:15; Isa. 40:6, 7; James 1:10; 1 Pet. 1:24 a flower andoPs. 37:2; 90:6 withers;
he flees likepSee ch. 8:9; 17:7; Ps. 109:23 a shadow and continues not.
3 And do youq[Ps. 8:4; 144:3] open your eyes on such a one
andrch. 22:4; Ps. 143:2 bring me into judgment with you?
4 Who can bringsch. 15:14; [Ps. 51:5; John 3:6] a clean thing out of an unclean?
There is not one.
5 Since hist[ch. 7:1; Ps. 39:4] days are determined,
anduch. 21:21 the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
6 vch. 7:19 look away from him and leave him alone,1Probable reading; Hebrew that he may cease
that he may enjoy, likewch. 7:1 a hired hand, his day.
7 For there is hope for a tree,
if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.
8 Though its root grow old in the earth,
andxIsa. 11:1 its stump die in the soil,
9 yet at the scent of water it will bud
and put outy[ch. 29:19] branches like a young plant.
10 But a man dies and is laid low;
man breathes his last, andzch. 29:7 where is he?
11 aIsa. 19:5 As waters fail from a lake
and a river wastes away and dries up,
12 so a man lies down and rises not again;
tillbDeut. 11:21; Ps. 89:29; [Ps. 72:5; Matt. 5:18] the heavens are no more he will not awake
or bec[John 11:11] roused out of his sleep.
13 Oh that you wouldd[Ps. 27:5; 31:20] hide me ineSee ch. 21:13 Sheol,
that you wouldd[Ps. 27:5; 31:20] conceal mef[Isa. 26:20] until your wrath be past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14 If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of mygch. 7:1 service I wouldhch. 13:15 wait,
till my renewal1Or relief should come.
15 You wouldich. 13:22 call, and I would answer you;
you would long for thejSee ch. 10:3 work of your hands.
16 For then you wouldkch. 31:4; 34:21 number my steps;
you would not keepl[ch. 10:6] watch over my sin;
17 my transgression would bemDeut. 32:34; [Hos. 13:12] sealed up in a bag,
and you would cover over my iniquity.
18 But the mountain falls andnIsa. 34:4 crumbles away,
andoch. 18:4 the rock is removed from its place;
19 the waters wear away the stones;
the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
so you destroy the hope of man.
20 You prevail forever against him, and he passes;
you change his countenance, and send him away.
21 His sons come to honor, and hep[Eccles. 9:5] does not know it;
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
22 He feels only the pain of his own body,
and he mourns only for himself. ”