1. Man born of womanis short of days and full of trouble.
2. He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.
3. Do You really take notice of one like this?Will You bring me into judgment against You?
4. Who can produce something pure from what is impure?No one!
5. Since man’s days are determinedand the number of his months depends on You,and since You have set limits he cannot pass,
6. look away from him and let him restso that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand.
7. There is hope for a tree:If it is cut down, it will sprout again,and its shoots will not die.
8. If its roots grow old in the groundand its stump starts to die in the soil,