| 1. Man, born of woman, short of days and full of fear. |
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א. |
| 2. As a blossom, he emerges and is cut off; he flees like a shadow and does not stand. |
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ב. |
| 3. Do You open Your eyes also on this one and bring me into judgment with You? |
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ג. |
| 4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean one? Not one. |
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ד. |
| 5. If his days are limited, and the number of his months is with You, You set his bounds and he cannot cross. |
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ה. |
| 6. Turn away from him that he may rest, until, like a hireling, he desires his day. |
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ו. |
| 7. For a tree has hope; if it is cut it will again renew itself, and its bough will not cease. |
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ז. |
| 8. If its root ages in the earth, and in the dust its trunk dies, |
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ח. |
| 9. from the smell of water it will blossom, and it will produce a branch like a sapling. |
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ט. |
| 10. But a man will die and he is weakened; man perishes and where is he? |
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י. |
| 11. As the waters fail from the sea, and the river is drained dry. |
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יא. |
| 12. So does a man lie down and not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awaken, nor will they be aroused from their sleep. |
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יב. |
| 13. Would that You hide me in the grave, that You would keep me secret, until Your wrath has subsided; give me a set time and remember me. |
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יג. |
| 14. If a man dies, will he live? All the days of my lifespan, I will hope, until the coming of my passing. |
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יד. |
| 15. Call and I will answer You; You desire the work of Your hands. |
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טו. |
| 16. But now, You count my steps; You do not wait for my sin. |
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טז. |
| 17. My transgression is sealed up in a bundle, and You have attached Yourself to my iniquity. |
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יז. |
| 18. And surely the falling mountain gives forth produce and the rock that moves from its place. |
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יח. |
| 19. Stones [which] the water eroded; it washes away into dust its aftergrowth, but the hope of man You have destroyed. |
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יט. |
| 20. You overpower him to eternity and he goes away, [You] change his countenance and You send him away. |
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כ. |
| 21. His sons become wealthy but he does not know it; and they become poor but he does not understand. |
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כא. |
| 22. But his flesh causes him pain, and his soul mourns for him." |
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