Job 14 — UBES

14Verse 1For a mortal born of a woman is short-lived, and full of wrath.
^{Verse 2}Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed;
And he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.
^{Verse 3}Hast thou not taken account even of him,
And caused him to enter into judgment before thee?
^{Verse 4}For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;
^{Verse 5}If even his life should be but one day upon the earth:
And his months are numbered by him:
Thou hast appointed him for a time, and he shall by no means exceed it.^{Verse 6}Depart from him, that he may be quiet,
And take pleasure in his life, though as a hireling.^{Verse 7}For there is hope for a tree,
Even if it should be cut down, that it shall blossom again,
And its branch shall not fail.
^{Verse 8}For though its root should grow old in the earth,
And its stem die in the rock;
^{Verse 9}It will blossom from the scent of water,
And will produce a crop, as one newly planted.
^{Verse 10}But a man that has died is utterly gone;
And when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.
^{Verse 11}For the sea wastes in length of time,
And a river fails and is dried up.
^{Verse 12}And man that has lain down in death shall certainly not rise again
Till the heaven be dissolved,
And they shall not awake from their sleep.^{Verse 13}For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave,
And hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease,
And thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me!
^{Verse 14}For if a man should die, shall he live again,
Having accomplished the days of his life?
I will wait till I exist again?
^{Verse 15}Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee:
But do not thou reject the work of thy hands.
^{Verse 16}But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?
^{Verse 17}And thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag,
And marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.^{Verse 18}And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed,
And a rock shall be worn out of its place.
^{Verse 19}The waters wear the stones,
And waters falling headlong overflow a heap of the earth:
And thou destroyest the hope of man.
^{Verse 20}Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone:
Thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away;
^{Verse 21}And though his children be multiplied, he knows it not;
And if they be few, he is not aware.
^{Verse 22}But his flesh is in pain,
And his soul mourns.