1	Man born of a woman of few days, and full of trouble.
			2	He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
			3	And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
			4	Who can bring a clean out of an unclean? not one.
			5	Seeing his days determined, the number of his months with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
			6	Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
			7	For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
			8	Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
			9	# Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
			10	But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where he?
			11	As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
			12	So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
			13	O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
			14	If a man die, shall he live ? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
			15	Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
			16	For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
			17	My transgression sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
			18	And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
			19	The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
			20	Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
			21	His sons come to honour, and he knoweth not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth not of them.
			22	But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.