Job 14:7-13 - When A Tree Is Chopped Down

⁷ “For there is hope for a tree,
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not fail.
⁸ “Though its roots grow old in the ground
And its stump dies in the dry soil,
⁹ At the scent of water it will flourish
And put forth sprigs like a plant.
¹⁰ “But man dies and lies prostrate.
Man expires, and where is he?
¹¹ “As water evaporates from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,
¹² So man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens are no longer,
He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.

¹³ “Oh that You would hide me in Sheol,
That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You,
That You would set a limit for me and remember me!