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Our time is limited.
    You have given us only so many months to live.
    You have set limits we cannot go beyond.
So look away from us and leave us alone.
    Leave us alone until we put in our time like a hired man.

“There is hope for a tree.
    If you cut it down, it will grow again.
    It will keep sending out new branches.

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A person’s days are determined;(A)
    you have decreed the number of his months(B)
    and have set limits he cannot exceed.(C)
So look away from him and let him alone,(D)
    till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.(E)

“At least there is hope for a tree:(F)
    If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
    and its new shoots(G) will not fail.(H)

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