"A human being born of a woman [is] short of days and full of troubles. Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a shadow, but he does not last. Even on such a one you fix your eyes, and you bring me into judgment with you. read more.
"Who can bring a clean [thing] from an unclean [thing]? No one! If his days [are] determined, the number of his months [is] with you; you have appointed his boundaries, and he cannot cross [them]. Look away from him, and let him desist until he enjoys his days like a laborer. "Indeed, there is hope for a tree: if it is cut down, then it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not cease; though its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the dust, at the scent of water it will bud, and it will put forth branches like a young plant. "But a man dies, and he dwindles away; thus a human being passes away, and where is he?