Capítulo 14

1 - Man, that is born of a woman, Is 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 a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

4 - Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

5 - Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

6 - Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a 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 put forth boughs like a plant.

10 - But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

11 - [As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;

12 - So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

13 - Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, 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 [again]? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.

15 - Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.

16 - But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?

17 - My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.

18 - But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;

19 - The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So 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 honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

22 - But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.