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¹ Is of few days and full of trouble. ² He flees like a shadow and does not continue. ³ And bring me to judgment with Yourself? ⁴ No one! ⁵ You have appointed his limits, so that he cannot pass. ⁶ Till like a hired man he finishes his day. ⁷ And that its tender shoots will not cease. ⁸ And its stump may die in the ground, ⁹ And bring forth branches like a plant. ¹⁰ And where is he? ¹¹ And a river becomes parched and dries up, ¹² Nor be roused from their sleep. ¹³ That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me! ¹⁴ Till my change comes. ¹⁵ You shall desire the work of Your hands. ¹⁶ But do not watch over my sin. ¹⁷ And You cover my iniquity. ¹⁸ And as a rock is moved from its place; ¹⁹ So You destroy the hope of man. ²⁰ You change his countenance and send him away. ²¹ They are brought low, and he does not perceive it. ²² And his soul will mourn over it.”