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Job 14:7-15

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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,

9At the scent of water it will flourish

And produce sprigs like a plant.

10“But a man dies and lies prostrate.

A person passes away, and where is he?

11“As water evaporates from the sea,

And a river becomes parched and dried up,

12So a man lies down and does not rise.

Until the heavens no longer exist,

He will not awake nor be woken from 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!

14“If a man dies, will he live again?

All the days of my struggle I will wait

Until my relief comes.

15“You will call, and I will answer You;

You will long for the work of Your hands.