4 Who can bring what is pure from something that isn't pure? No one!
5 You decide how long anyone will live. You have established the number of his months. You have set a limit to the number of his days.
6 So look away from him. Leave him alone. Let him put in his time like a hired worker.
7 "At least there is hope for a tree. If it's cut down, it will begin to grow again. New branches will appear on it.
8 Its roots may grow old in the ground. Its stump may die in the soil.
9 But when it smells water, it will begin to grow. It will send out new growth like a plant.
10 No man is like that. When he dies, he is buried in a grave. He takes his last breath. Then he is gone.