1. “Man who is born of a womanis of few days and full of trouble.
2. He comes forth like a flower and withers;he flees like a shadow and does not 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?There is no one.
5. Seeing his days are determined,the number of his months are with You;You have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6. turn from him, that he may rest,until he, as a hired man, finishes his day.
7. “For there is hope for a tree,if it is cut down, that it will sprout again,and that its tender shoots will not cease.
8. Though its root may grow old in the earth,and its stump may die in the ground,