- "Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.
- "For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail.
- "Though its roots grow old in the ground And its stump dies in the dry soil,
- At the scent of water it will flourish And put forth sprigs like a plant.
- "But man dies and lies prostrate Man expires, and where is he?
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- So look away from him and let him alone, till he has put in his time like a hired man.
- "At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.
- Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,
- yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.
- But man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more.
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