Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also

as a shadow, and continueth not.

And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and

bringest me into judgment with thee?

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months

are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an

hireling, his day.

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.

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock

thereof die in the ground;

Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth

boughs like a plant.