1 "Man, who is born of a woman,

is of few days, and full of trouble.

2 He grows up like a flower, and is cut down.

He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

3 Do you open your eyes on such a one,

and bring me into judgment with you?

4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?

Not one.

5 Seeing his days are determined,

the number of his months is with you,

and you have appointed his bounds that he can’t pass.

6 Look away from him, that he may rest,

until he accomplishes, as a hireling, his day.

7 "For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down,

that it will sprout again,

that the tender branch of it will not cease.

8 Though its root grows old in the earth,

and its stock dies in the ground,

9 yet through the scent of water it will bud,

and sprout boughs like a plant.

10 But man dies, and is laid low.

Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

11 As the waters fail from the sea,

and the river wastes and dries up,

12 so man lies down and doesn’t rise.

Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake,

nor be roused out of their sleep.

13 "Oh that you would hide me in Sheol,

that you would keep me secret until your wrath is past,

that you would appoint me a set time and remember me!

14 If a man dies, will he live again?

I would wait all the days of my warfare,

until my release should come.

15 You would call, and I would answer you.

You would have a desire for the work of your hands.

16 But now you count my steps.

Don’t you watch over my sin?

17 My disobedience is sealed up in a bag.

You fasten up my iniquity.

18 "But the mountain falling comes to nothing.

The rock is removed out of its place.

19 The waters wear the stones.

The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth.

So you destroy the hope of man.

20 You forever prevail against him, and he departs.

You change his face, and send him away.

21 His sons come to honor, and he doesn’t know it.

They are brought low, but he doesn’t perceive it of them.

22 But his flesh on him has pain,

and his soul within him mourns."

1 Man [that is] born of a woman [is] of few days and full of trouble.

2 He comes forth like an open flower and is cut down; he flees as a shadow and does not remain.

3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one and bring me into judgment with thee?

4 Who can bring a clean [thing] out of an unclean? No one.

5 Seeing his days [are] determined, the number of his months [are] with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass.

6 If thou should leave him, he will cease [to exist]; until then, he shall desire, as a hireling, his day.

7 For there is yet hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again and that its tender branch will not cease.

8 Though its root waxes old in the earth and its trunk is dead in the ground,

9 at the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a new plant.

10 But [when] man shall die and be cut off, and the man shall perish, where shall he be?

11 The waters from the sea went, and the river ran out, it dried up.

12 So man lies down and does not rise; until there is no heaven, they shall not awake nor be raised out of their sleep.

13 O that thou would hide me in Sheol, that thou would keep me covered until thy wrath is past, that thou would appoint me a set time and remember me!

14 If a man dies, shall he live [again]? All the days of my appointed time I will wait until my transformation comes.

15 [Then] thou shalt call, and I will answer thee; thou wilt have a desire towards the work of thine hands.

16 For now thou dost number my steps; thou dost not open up my sin.

17 My transgression [is] sealed up in a bag, and thou dost sew up my iniquity.

18 And certainly the mountain that falls is undone, and the rocks are removed out of their place.

19 The impetuous waters break the stones and wash away the dust of the earth; in like manner thou dost cause man to lose hope.

20 Thou shalt be stronger than him for ever, and he passes; thou dost change his countenance and send him away.

21 His sons shall be honoured and he shall not know [of it]; or they shall be afflicted, but he shall not perceive of them.

22 But [while] his flesh [is] upon him, he shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.: