^{1 Ref} Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.

^{2 Ref} He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

^{3 Ref} And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

^{4 Ref} Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

^{5 Ref} Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

^{6 Ref} Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

^{7 Ref} 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.

^{8 Ref} Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

^{9 Ref} Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

^{10 Ref} But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

^{11 Ref} As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

^{12 Ref} So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

^{13 Ref} O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

^{14 Ref} If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

^{15 Ref} Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

^{16 Ref} For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

^{17 Ref} My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

^{18 Ref} And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.

^{19 Ref} The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

^{20 Ref} Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

^{21 Ref} His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

^{22 Ref} But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.