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1. "We are all human beings. Our life is short and full of trouble.
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1. Man H120 that is born H3205 of a woman H802 is of few H7116 days H3117 , and full H7649 of trouble H7267 .
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2. Our life is like a flower. It grows quickly and then dies away. Our life is like a shadow that is here for a short time and then is gone.
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2. He cometh forth H3318 like a flower H6731 , and is cut down H5243 : he fleeth H1272 also as a shadow H6738 , and continueth H5975 not H3808 .
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3. God, do you need to keep an eye on something so small? Why bother to bring charges against me?
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3. And H637 dost thou open H6491 thine eyes H5869 upon H5921 such a one H2088 , and bringest H935 me into judgment H4941 with H5973 thee?
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4. "No one can make something clean from something so dirty.
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4. Who H4310 can bring H5414 a clean H2889 thing out of an unclean H4480 H2931 ? not H3808 one H259 .
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5. The length of our life has been decided. You alone know how long that is. You have set the limits for us and nothing can change them.
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5. Seeing H518 his days H3117 are determined H2782 , the number H4557 of his months H2320 are with H854 thee , thou hast appointed H6213 his bounds H2706 that he cannot H3808 pass H5674 ;
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6. So stop watching us. Leave us alone. Let us enjoy this hard life until, like hired workers, we have put in our time.
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6. Turn H8159 from H4480 H5921 him , that he may rest H2308 , till H5704 he shall accomplish H7521 , as a hireling H7916 , his day H3117 .
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7. "There is always hope for a tree. If it is cut down, it can grow again. It will keep sending out new branches.
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7. For H3588 there is H3426 hope H8615 of a tree H6086 , if H518 it be cut down H3772 , that it will sprout H2498 again H5750 , and that the tender H3127 branch thereof will not H3808 cease H2308 .
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8. Its roots might grow old in the ground and its stump die in the dirt,
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8. Though H518 the root H8328 thereof wax old H2204 in the earth H776 , and the stock H1503 thereof die H4191 in the ground H6083 ;
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9. but with water, it will grow again. It will grow branches like a new plant.
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9. Yet through the scent H4480 H7381 of water H4325 it will bud H6524 , and bring forth H6213 boughs H7105 like H3644 a plant H5194 .
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10. But when a man dies, he becomes weak and sick, and then he is gone!
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10. But man H1397 dieth H4191 , and wasteth away H2522 : yea, man H120 giveth up the ghost H1478 , and where H346 is he?
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11. Like a lake that goes dry or a river that loses its source,
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11. As the waters H4325 fail H235 from H4480 the sea H3220 , and the flood H5104 decayeth H2717 and drieth up H3001 :
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12. so people lose their lives, never to live again. The skies will all pass away before they rise from death. The skies will all disappear before anyone wakes up from that sleep!
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12. So man H376 lieth down H7901 , and riseth H6965 not H3808 : till H5704 the heavens H8064 be no more H1115 , they shall not H3808 awake H6974 , nor H3808 be raised H5782 out of their sleep H4480 H8142 .
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13. "I wish you would hide me in my grave. I wish you would hide me there, until your anger is gone. Then you could pick a time to remember me.
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13. O that H4310 thou wouldest H5414 hide H6845 me in the grave H7585 , that thou wouldest keep me secret H5641 , until H5704 thy wrath H639 be past H7725 , that thou wouldest appoint H7896 me a set time H2706 , and remember H2142 me!
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14. If a man dies, will he live again? If so, I would gladly suffer through this time waiting for my release.
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14. If H518 a man H1397 die H4191 , shall he live H2421 again ? all H3605 the days H3117 of my appointed time H6635 will I wait H3176 , till H5704 my change H2487 come H935 .
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15. God, you would call me, and I would answer you. Then I, the one you made, would be important to you.
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15. Thou shalt call H7121 , and I H595 will answer H6030 thee : thou wilt have a desire H3700 to the work H4639 of thine hands H3027 .
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16. You would still watch every step I take, but you would not remember my sins.
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16. For H3588 now H6258 thou numberest H5608 my steps H6806 : dost thou not H3808 watch H8104 over H5921 my sin H2403 ?
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17. It would be as if you had sealed my sins in a bag. It would be as if you had covered my guilt with plaster.
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17. My transgression H6588 is sealed up H2856 in a bag H6872 , and thou sewest up H2950 H5921 mine iniquity H5771 .
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18. "Mountains fall and crumble away. Large rocks break loose and fall.
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18. And surely H199 the mountain H2022 falling H5307 cometh to naught H5034 , and the rock H6697 is removed H6275 out of his place H4480 H4725 .
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19. Water flowing over stones wears them down. Floods wash away the soil on the ground. In the same way, God, you destroy the hope people have.
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19. The waters H4325 wear H7833 the stones H68 : thou washest away H7857 the things which grow H5599 out of the dust H6083 of the earth H776 ; and thou destroyest H6 the hope H8615 of man H582 .
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20. You defeat them completely and then they are gone. You change the way they look and send them away forever to the place of death.
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20. Thou prevailest H8630 forever H5331 against him , and he passeth H1980 : thou changest H8138 his countenance H6440 , and sendest him away H7971 .
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21. If their sons are honored, they will never know it. If their sons do wrong, they will never see it.
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21. His sons H1121 come to honor H3513 , and he knoweth H3045 it not H3808 ; and they are brought low H6819 , but he perceiveth H995 it not H3808 of them H3926 .
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22. They only feel the pain in their bodies, and they alone cry for themselves."
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22. But H389 his flesh H1320 upon H5921 him shall have pain H3510 , and his soul H5315 within H5921 him shall mourn H56 .
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