| 章 |
| 14:1 |
Man, that is born of a 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: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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| 14:3 |
And 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 thing out of an unclean? not one.
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| 14:5 |
Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
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| 14:6 |
Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
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| 14:7 |
For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
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| 14:8 |
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof 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 plant.
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| 14:10 |
But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
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| 14:11 |
[As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;
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| 14:12 |
So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused 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 thy wrath 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 warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.
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| 14:15 |
Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.
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| 14:16 |
But 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 fastenest up mine iniquity.
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| 14:18 |
But the 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 overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
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| 14:20 |
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
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| 14:21 |
His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
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| 14:22 |
But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.
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