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XIV] :Is of few days, and full of trouble.
 * He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down:
 * He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
 * And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one,
 * And bringest me into judgment with thee?
 * Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
 * Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee,
 * Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
 * Turn from him, that he may rest,
 * Till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
 * For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
 * And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
 * Though the root thereof wax old in the earth,
 * And the stock thereof die in the ground;
 * Yet through the scent of water it will bud,
 * And bring forth boughs like a plant.
 * But man dieth, and wasteth away:
 * Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
 * As the waters fail from the sea,
 * And the flood decayeth and drieth up:
 * So man lieth down, and riseth not:
 * Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
 * O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave,