Job 14:7–17

7 “Indeed, there is hope for a tree:

if it is cut down, thene it will sprout again,

and its new shoots will not cease;

8 though its root grows old in the earth,

and its stump dies in the dust,

9 atf the scent of water it will bud,

and it will put forth branches like a young plant.

10 “Butg a man dies, and he dwindles away;

thush a human being passes away, and where is he?i

11 As water disappears from a lake,

and a river withers away and dries up,j

12 ⌊so⌋k a man lies down, and he does not arise.

⌊Until the heavens are no more⌋,l they will not awaken,

and they will not be roused out of their sleep.

13 “⌊O that⌋m you would conceal me in Sheol,

that you would hide me ⌊until your wrath is past⌋,n

that you would appoint a set time for me and remember me.

14 If a man dies, will he live again?

All the days of my compulsory service I will wait,

until the coming of my relief.

15 You would call, and I myselfo would answer you;

you would long for the work of your hand.

16 For thenp you would count my steps,

but you would not keep watch over my sin.

17 My transgression would be sealed in a bag,

and you would cover over my guilt.