²⁸ “So man wastes away like something rotten,
    like a garment^(A) eaten by moths.^(B)

14 “Mortals, born of woman,^(C)
    are of few days^(D) and full of trouble.^(E)
2 They spring up like flowers^(F) and wither away;^(G)
    like fleeting shadows,^(H) they do not endure.^(I)
3 Do you fix your eye on them?^(J)
    Will you bring them^[a] before you for judgment?^(K)
4 Who can bring what is pure^(L) from the impure?^(M)
    No one!^(N)
5 A person’s days are determined;^(O)
    you have decreed the number of his months^(P)
    and have set limits he cannot exceed.^(Q)
6 So look away from him and let him alone,^(R)
    till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.^(S)