4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?No one!
5 Since his days are determined,The number of his months is with You;You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass.
6 Look away from him that he may rest,Till like a hired man he finishes his day.
7 “For there is hope for a tree,If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,And that its tender shoots will not cease.
8 Though its root may grow old in the earth,And its stump may die in the ground,
9 Yet at the scent of water it will budAnd bring forth branches like a plant.
10 But man dies and is laid away;Indeed he breathes his lastAnd where is he?