Job 14:10-14

Good News Translation

¹¹ Like rivers that stop running,
    and lakes that go dry,
¹²     people die, never to rise.
They will never wake up while the sky endures;
    they will never stir from their sleep.

¹³ I wish you would hide me in the world of the dead;
    let me be hidden until your anger is over,
    and then set a time to remember me.
¹⁴ If a man dies, can he come back to life?
But I will wait for better times,
    wait till this time of trouble is ended.