1. Adam that is born of isha is of few yamim and full of rogez (unrest).
2. He cometh forth like a tzitz (flower), and is cut down; he fleeth also as a tzel, and continueth not.
3. And doth Thou open Thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into mishpat with Thee?
4. Who can bring a tahor (clean thing) out of a tameh (an unclean, cf Ro 5:12)? Loh echad (No one).
5. Seeing his yamim are determined, the number of his chodashim (months) are with Thee, Thou hast appointed his limits that he cannot exceed.
6. Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a sachir (a hired man), his day.
7. For there is tikveh of an etz, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8. Though the shoresh (root) thereof grow old in ha'aretz, and the stump thereof die in the aphar (dust),
9. Yet through the scent of mayim it will bud, and bring forth branches like a young plant.