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New King James Version NKJV
1 All of us are born of women, have few days, and are full of turmoil.
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"Man who is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble.
2 Like a flower, we bloom, then wither, flee like a shadow, and don't last.
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He comes forth like a flower and fades away; He flees like a shadow and does not continue.
3 (Yes, you open your eyes on this one; you bring me into trial against you.)
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And do You open Your eyes on such a one, And bring me to judgment with Yourself?
4 Who can make pure from impure? Nobody.
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Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!
5 If our days are fixed, the number of our months with you, you set a statute and we can't exceed it.
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Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.
6 Look away from us that we may rest, until we are satisfied like a worker at day's end.
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Look away from him that he may rest, Till like a hired man he finishes his day.
7 Indeed there is hope for a tree. If it's cut down and still sprouting and its shoots don't fail,
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"For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender shoots will not cease.
8 if its roots age in the ground and its stump dies in the dust,
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Though its root may grow old in the earth, And its stump may die in the ground,
9 at the scent of water, it will bud and produce sprouts like a plant.
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Yet at the scent of water it will bud And bring forth branches like a plant.
10 But a human dies and lies there; a person expires, and where is he?
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But man dies and is laid away; Indeed he breathes his last And where is he?
11 Water vanishes from the sea; a river dries up completely.
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As water disappears from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dries up,
12 But a human lies down and doesn't rise until the heavens cease; they don't get up and awaken from sleep.
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So man lies down and does not rise. Till the heavens are no more, They will not awake Nor be roused from their sleep.
13 I wish you would hide me in the underworld, conceal me until your anger passes, set a time for me, and remember me.
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"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 people die, will they live again? All the days of my service I would wait until my restoration took place.
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If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, Till my change comes.
15 You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for your handiwork.
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You shall call, and I will answer You; You shall desire the work of Your hands.
16 Though you now number my steps, you would not keep a record of my sin.
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For now You number my steps, But do not watch over my sin.
17 My rebellion is sealed in a bag; you would cover my sin.
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My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You cover my iniquity.
18 But an eroding mountain breaks up, and rock is displaced.
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"But as a mountain falls and crumbles away, And as a rock is moved from its place;
19 Water wears away boulders; floods carry away soil; you destroy a people's hope.
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As water wears away stones, And as torrents wash away the soil of the earth; So You destroy the hope of man.
20 You overpower them relentlessly, and they die; you change their appearance and send them away.
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You prevail forever against him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
21 Their children achieve honor, and they don't know it; their children become insignificant, and they don't see it.
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His sons come to honor, and he does not know it; They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.
22 They only feel the pain of their body, and they mourn for themselves.
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But his flesh will be in pain over it, And his soul will mourn over it."
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.