5 Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with you, And you have appointed his bounds that he can`t pass;
6 Look away from him, that he may rest, Until he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
7 "For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, That the tender branch of it will not cease.
8 Though the root of it grows old in the earth, And the stock of it dies in the ground;
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.
10 But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, And the river wastes and dries up,
