The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
Job Muses on the Brevity of Life |
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Man that is born of a woman
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is of few days, and full of trouble. |
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He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down:
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he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. |
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And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one,
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and bringest me into judgment with thee? |
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Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
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Seeing his days are determined,
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the number of his months are with thee, |
thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; |
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turn from him, that he may rest,
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till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. |
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For there is hope of a tree,
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if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, |
and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. |
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Though the root thereof wax old in the earth,
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and the stock thereof die in the ground; |
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yet through the scent of water it will bud,
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and bring forth boughs like a plant. |
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But man dieth, and wasteth away:
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yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? |
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As the waters fail from the sea,
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and the flood decayeth and drieth up; |
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so man lieth down, and riseth not:
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till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, |
nor be raised out of their sleep. |
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Oh that thou wouldest hide me in the grave,
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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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If a man die, shall he live again?
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All the days of my appointed time will I wait, |
till my change come. |
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Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee:
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thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. |
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For now thou numberest my steps:
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dost thou not watch over my sin? |
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My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
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and thou sewest up mine iniquity. |
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And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought,
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and the rock is removed out of his place. |
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The waters wear the stones:
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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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Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth:
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thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. |
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His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not;
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and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. |
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But his flesh upon him shall have pain,
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and his soul within him shall mourn. |
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