Job 13:28-14:6

Common English Bible

²⁸ Surely a person wastes away like refuse,
    like clothing that a moth eats.

14 All of us^[a] are born of women,
    have few days, and are full of turmoil.
² Like a flower, we^[b] bloom, then wither,
    flee like a shadow, and don’t last.
(³ Yes, you open your eyes on this one;
    you bring me into trial against you.)
⁴ Who can make pure from impure?
    Nobody.
⁵ If our days are fixed, the number of our months with you,
    you set a statute and we can’t exceed it.
⁶ Look away from us that we may rest,
    until we are satisfied like a worker at day’s end.