Job 14:1 (BSB)
“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

Job 14:2 (BSB)
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

Job 14:3 (BSB)
Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?

Job 14:4 (BSB)
Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one!

Job 14:5 (BSB)
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 (BSB)
look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.

Job 14:7 (BSB)
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 (BSB)
If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

Job 14:9 (BSB)
at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.

Job 14:10 (BSB)
But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?

Job 14:11 (BSB)
As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,

Job 14:12 (BSB)
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 (BSB)
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 (BSB)
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 (BSB)
You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.

Job 14:16 (BSB)
For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.

Job 14:17 (BSB)
My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.

Job 14:18 (BSB)
But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,

Job 14:19 (BSB)
as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.

Job 14:20 (BSB)
You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.

Job 14:21 (BSB)
If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.

Job 14:22 (BSB)
He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
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