The Message

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            <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">If We Die, Will We Live Again?</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="label">1-17</span><span class="content">&#8220;We&#8217;re all adrift in the same boat:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">too few days, too many troubles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">We spring up like wildflowers in the desert and then wilt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">transient as the shadow of a cloud.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">Do you occupy your time with such fragile wisps?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">Why even bother hauling me into court?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">There&#8217;s nothing much to us to start with;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">how do you expect us to amount to anything?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">Mortals have a limited life span.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">You&#8217;ve already decided how long we&#8217;ll live&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">you set the boundary and no one can cross it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">So why not give us a break? Ease up!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">Even ditchdiggers get occasional days off.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">For a tree there is always hope.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">Chop it down and it still has a chance&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">its roots can put out fresh sprouts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">Even if its roots are old and gnarled,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">its stump long dormant,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">At the first whiff of water it comes to life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">buds and grows like a sapling.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">But men and women? They die and stay dead.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">They breathe their last, and that&#8217;s it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">Like lakes and rivers that have dried up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">parched reminders of what once was,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">So mortals lie down and never get up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">never wake up again&#8212;never.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">Why don&#8217;t you just bury me alive,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">get me out of the way until your anger cools?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">But don&#8217;t leave me there!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">Set a date when you&#8217;ll see me again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">If we humans die, will we live again? That&#8217;s my question.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">All through these difficult days I keep hoping,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">waiting for the final change&#8212;for resurrection!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">Homesick with longing for the creature you made,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">you&#8217;ll call&#8212;and I&#8217;ll answer!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">You&#8217;ll watch over every step I take,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">but you won&#8217;t keep track of my missteps.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">My sins will be stuffed in a sack</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">and thrown into the sea&#8212;sunk in deep ocean.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10 v11 v12 v13 v14 v15 v16 v17" data-usfm="JOB.14.1+JOB.14.2+JOB.14.3+JOB.14.4+JOB.14.5+JOB.14.6+JOB.14.7+JOB.14.8+JOB.14.9+JOB.14.10+JOB.14.11+JOB.14.12+JOB.14.13+JOB.14.14+JOB.14.15+JOB.14.16+JOB.14.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18 v19 v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="JOB.14.18+JOB.14.19+JOB.14.20+JOB.14.21+JOB.14.22"><span class="label">18-22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Meanwhile, mountains wear down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18 v19 v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="JOB.14.18+JOB.14.19+JOB.14.20+JOB.14.21+JOB.14.22"><span class="content">and boulders break up,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18 v19 v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="JOB.14.18+JOB.14.19+JOB.14.20+JOB.14.21+JOB.14.22"><span class="content">Stones wear smooth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18 v19 v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="JOB.14.18+JOB.14.19+JOB.14.20+JOB.14.21+JOB.14.22"><span class="content">and soil erodes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18 v19 v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="JOB.14.18+JOB.14.19+JOB.14.20+JOB.14.21+JOB.14.22"><span class="content">as you relentlessly grind down our hope.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18 v19 v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="JOB.14.18+JOB.14.19+JOB.14.20+JOB.14.21+JOB.14.22"><span class="content">You&#8217;re too much for us.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18 v19 v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="JOB.14.18+JOB.14.19+JOB.14.20+JOB.14.21+JOB.14.22"><span class="content">As always, you get the last word.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18 v19 v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="JOB.14.18+JOB.14.19+JOB.14.20+JOB.14.21+JOB.14.22"><span class="content">We don&#8217;t like it and our faces show it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18 v19 v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="JOB.14.18+JOB.14.19+JOB.14.20+JOB.14.21+JOB.14.22"><span class="content">but you send us off anyway.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18 v19 v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="JOB.14.18+JOB.14.19+JOB.14.20+JOB.14.21+JOB.14.22"><span class="content">If our children do well for themselves, we never know it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18 v19 v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="JOB.14.18+JOB.14.19+JOB.14.20+JOB.14.21+JOB.14.22"><span class="content">if they do badly, we&#8217;re spared the hurt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18 v19 v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="JOB.14.18+JOB.14.19+JOB.14.20+JOB.14.21+JOB.14.22"><span class="content">Body and soul, that&#8217;s it for us&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18 v19 v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="JOB.14.18+JOB.14.19+JOB.14.20+JOB.14.21+JOB.14.22"><span class="content">a lifetime of pain, a lifetime of sorrow.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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“We’re all adrift in the same boat:
too few days, too many troubles.
We spring up like wildflowers in the desert and then wilt,
transient as the shadow of a cloud.
Do you occupy your time with such fragile wisps?
Why even bother hauling me into court?
There’s nothing much to us to start with;
how do you expect us to amount to anything?
Mortals have a limited life span.
You’ve already decided how long we’ll live—
you set the boundary and no one can cross it.
So why not give us a break? Ease up!
Even ditchdiggers get occasional days off.
For a tree there is always hope.
Chop it down and it still has a chance—
its roots can put out fresh sprouts.
Even if its roots are old and gnarled,
its stump long dormant,
At the first whiff of water it comes to life,
buds and grows like a sapling.
But men and women? They die and stay dead.
They breathe their last, and that’s it.
Like lakes and rivers that have dried up,
parched reminders of what once was,
So mortals lie down and never get up,
never wake up again—never.
Why don’t you just bury me alive,
get me out of the way until your anger cools?
But don’t leave me there!
Set a date when you’ll see me again.
If we humans die, will we live again? That’s my question.
All through these difficult days I keep hoping,
waiting for the final change—for resurrection!
Homesick with longing for the creature you made,
you’ll call—and I’ll answer!
You’ll watch over every step I take,
but you won’t keep track of my missteps.
My sins will be stuffed in a sack
and thrown into the sea—sunk in deep ocean.

“Meanwhile, mountains wear down
and boulders break up,
Stones wear smooth
and soil erodes,
as you relentlessly grind down our hope.
You’re too much for us.
As always, you get the last word.
We don’t like it and our faces show it,
but you send us off anyway.
If our children do well for themselves, we never know it;
if they do badly, we’re spared the hurt.
Body and soul, that’s it for us—
a lifetime of pain, a lifetime of sorrow.”

Listen to Job 14