Job 14:1-14

New International Version

14 “Mortals, born of woman,^(A)
    are of few days^(B) and full of trouble.^(C)
2 They spring up like flowers^(D) and wither away;^(E)
    like fleeting shadows,^(F) they do not endure.^(G)
3 Do you fix your eye on them?^(H)
    Will you bring them^[a] before you for judgment?^(I)
4 Who can bring what is pure^(J) from the impure?^(K)
    No one!^(L)
5 A person’s days are determined;^(M)
    you have decreed the number of his months^(N)
    and have set limits he cannot exceed.^(O)
6 So look away from him and let him alone,^(P)
    till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.^(Q)

⁷ “At least there is hope for a tree:^(R)
    If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
    and its new shoots^(S) will not fail.^(T)
8 Its roots may grow old in the ground
    and its stump^(U) die in the soil,
⁹ yet at the scent of water^(V) it will bud
    and put forth shoots like a plant.^(W)
10 But a man dies and is laid low;^(X)
    he breathes his last and is no more.^(Y)
11 As the water of a lake dries up
    or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,^(Z)
12 so he lies down and does not rise;^(AA)
    till the heavens are no more,^(AB) people will not awake
    or be roused from their sleep.^(AC)

¹³ “If only you would hide me in the grave^(AD)
    and conceal me till your anger has passed!^(AE)
If only you would set me a time
    and then remember^(AF) me!^(AG)
14 If someone dies, will they live again?
    All the days of my hard service^(AH)
    I will wait for my renewal^[b](AI) to come.