Job 14:13-22

New International Version

¹³ “If only you would hide me in the grave^(A)
    and conceal me till your anger has passed!^(B)
If only you would set me a time
    and then remember^(C) me!^(D)
14 If someone dies, will they live again?
    All the days of my hard service^(E)
    I will wait for my renewal^[a](F) to come.
¹⁵ You will call and I will answer you;^(G)
    you will long for the creature your hands have made.^(H)
16 Surely then you will count my steps^(I)
    but not keep track of my sin.^(J)
17 My offenses will be sealed^(K) up in a bag;^(L)
    you will cover over my sin.^(M)

¹⁸ “But as a mountain erodes and crumbles^(N)
    and as a rock is moved from its place,^(O)
19 as water wears away stones
    and torrents^(P) wash away the soil,^(Q)
    so you destroy a person’s hope.^(R)
20 You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;^(S)
    you change their countenance and send them away.^(T)
21 If their children are honored, they do not know it;
    if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.^(U)
22 They feel but the pain of their own bodies^(V)
    and mourn only for themselves.^(W)”