## If a Man Dies, Will He Live Again? 

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"Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil. 

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Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not stand. 

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You also open Your eyes on him And bring me into judgment with Yourself. 

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Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one! 

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Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass. 

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Turn Your gaze from him that he may cease _from toil_, Until he accepts his day like a hired man. 

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"For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will change back _sprouting_ again, And its shoots will not cease. 

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Though its roots grow old in the ground And its stump dies in the dry soil, 

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At the scent of water it will flourish And put forth sprigs like a plant. 

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But man dies and lies prostrate. Man breathes his last, and where is he? 

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_As_ water evaporates from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dried up, 

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So man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no longer, He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep. 

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"Oh that You would conceal me in Sheol, That You would hide me until Your anger returns _to You_, That You would set a limit for me and remember me! 

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If a man dies, will he live _again_? All the days of my labor I will wait Until my change comes. 

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You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands. 

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For now You number my steps, You do not keep watch over my sin. 

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My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You cover up my iniquity. 

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"But the falling mountain crumbles away, And the rock moves from its place; 

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Water wears away stones; Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So You make man's hope perish. 

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You forever overpower him and he goes _away_; _You_ alter his appearance and send him away. 

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His sons achieve honor, but he does not know _it_; Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it. 

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But his flesh pains him, And he mourns only for himself."