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Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
14:2
 
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
14:3
 
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
14:4
 
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
14:5
 
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
14:6
 
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
14:7
 
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.
14:8
 
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
14:9
 
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
14:10
 
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
14:11
 
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
14:12
 
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
14:13
 
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14:14
 
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
14:15
 
Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.
14:16
 
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
14:17
 
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
14:18
 
And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
14:19
 
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
14:20
 
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
14:21
 
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
14:22
 
But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

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John Wesley's Notes
Explanation posted by John Wesley on 2007-01-01 00:00:00
Man's life is but short, sorrowful, and sinful; on which consideration he pleads for mercy, ver, 1-6. Other creatures revive, but man does not, ver. 7-12. Various wishes and complaints, ver. 13-22.
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