Job 14:1-9

“Man, who is born of a woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil. “Like a flower he comes forth and withers; He also flees like a shadow and does not remain. “You also open Your eyes upon him And bring him into judgment with Yourself. “Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean? No one! [Is 1:18; 1 John 1:7] “Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You [in Your control], And You have made his limits so he cannot pass [his allotted time]. “[O God] turn your gaze from him so that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day [on earth] like a hired man. ¶“For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the shoots of it will not cease nor fail, [but there is no such hope for man]. “Though its roots grow old in the earth And its stump dies in the dry soil, Yet at the scent of water [the stump of the tree] will flourish And bring forth sprigs and shoots like a seedling.