13. “Oh, that You would hide me in the grave,That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14. If a man dies, shall he live again?All the days of my hard service I will wait,Till my change comes.
15. You shall call, and I will answer You;You shall desire the work of Your hands.
16. For now You number my steps,But do not watch over my sin.
17. My transgression is sealed up in a bag,And You cover my iniquity.
18. “But as a mountain falls and crumbles away,And as a rock is moved from its place;
19. As water wears away stones,And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth;So You destroy the hope of man.
20. You prevail forever against him, and he passes on;You change his countenance and send him away.
21. His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.