1. They have only a few days to live. Their lives are full of trouble.
2. They grow like flowers, and then they dry up. They are like shadows that quickly disappear.
3. "God, why do you keep looking at someone like me? Are you planning to take me to court?
4. Who can bring what is pure from something that isn't pure? No one!
5. You decide how long anyone will live. You have established the number of his months. You have set a limit to the number of his days.
6. So look away from him. Leave him alone. Let him put in his time like a hired worker.
7. "At least there is hope for a tree. If it's cut down, it will begin to grow again. New branches will appear on it.
8. Its roots may grow old in the ground. Its stump may die in the soil.