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1 | Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of
trouble. |
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2 | He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also
as a shadow, and continueth not. |
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3 | And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest
me into judgment with thee? |
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4 | Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. |
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5 | Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are
with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; |
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6 | Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as
an hireling, his day. |
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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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8 | Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock
thereof die in the ground; |
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9 | Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth
boughs like a plant. |
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10 | But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost,
and where is he? |
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11 | As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and
drieth up: |
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12 | So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no
more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. |
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13 | 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! |
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14 | If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my
appointed time will I wait, till my change come. |
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15 | Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a
desire to the work of thine hands. |
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16 | For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my
sin? |
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17 | My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up
mine iniquity. |
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18 | And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the
rock is removed out of his place. |
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19 | 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. |
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20 | Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou
changest his countenance, and sendest him away. |
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21 | His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are
brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. |
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22 | But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within
him shall mourn. |
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