1 “A person who is born of a woman is short-livedand is full of trouble.
2 He comes up like a flower; then he withers.He is like a fleeting shadow; he doesn’t stay long.
3 You observe thisand call me to account to you.
4 “If only an unclean person could become clean!It’s not possible.
5 If the number of his daysand the number of his months are determined by you,and you set his limit,then he cannot go past it.
6 Look away from him, and he will cease to be.Meanwhile, he loves life as a laborer loves work.
7 There is hope for a tree when it is cut down.It will sprout again.Its shoots will not stop sprouting.