1. Man, born of woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.
2. He comes forth like a flower, and is crushed, and he flees, as if a shadow, and never remains in the same state.
3. And do you consider it fitting to look down with your eyes on someone in this way and to lead him into judgment with you?
4. Who can make him clean who is conceived of unclean seed? Are you not the only one who can?
5. The days of man are short, and the number of his months is with you; you have determined his limits, which cannot be surpassed.
6. Withdraw a little from him, so that he may rest, until his awaited day arrives, like that of the hired hand.
7. A tree has hope: if it has been cut, it turns green again, and its branches spring forth.
8. If its roots grow old in the earth, and its trunk passes into dust,
9. at the scent of water, it will sprout and bring forth leaves, as when it had first been planted.