Job 14:18-22

The Voice

¹⁸     And yet while every crack in me is closely watched,
        the mountain will slide and erode as the avalanche steals its cliffs away.
¹⁹     The water grinds at the surface of stones,
        and the floodwater^[a] steals the soil away.
    This is how You wreck the hope of humankind.
²⁰         You continually overwhelm him, and he dies;
        You alter his appearance and send him away.
²¹     If his children rise to honor, he does not know of it;
        if they sink to humiliation, he is unaware of it.
²²     He knows only this:
        His body feels agony and his soul grieves.