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For a mortal born of a woman is short-lived, and full of wrath.

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Человѣ́къ бо рожде́нъ ѿ жены̀ малолѣ́тенъ и҆ и҆спо́лнь гнѣ́ва:

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Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.

²

и҆лѝ ꙗ҆́коже цвѣ́тъ процвѣты́й ѿпадѐ, ѿбѣже́ же ꙗ҆́кѡ сѣ́нь, и҆ не постои́тъ.

³

Hast thou not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before thee?

³

Не и҆ ѡ҆ се́мъ ли сло́во сотвори́лъ є҆сѝ, и҆ семꙋ̀ сотвори́лъ є҆сѝ вни́ти на сꙋ́дъ пред̾ тѧ̀;

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For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one;

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Кто́ бо чи́стъ бꙋ́детъ ѿ скве́рны; никто́же,

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if even his life should be but one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: thou hast appointed him for a time, and he shall by no means exceed it.

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а҆́ще и҆ є҆ди́нъ де́нь житїѐ є҆гѡ̀ на землѝ: и҆зочте́ни же мцⷭ҇ы є҆гѡ̀ ѿ тебє̀, на вре́мѧ положи́лъ є҆сѝ, и҆ не престꙋ́питъ.

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Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, though as a hireling.

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Ѿстꙋпѝ ѿ негѡ̀, да оу҆мо́лкнетъ и҆ и҆збере́тъ житїѐ ꙗ҆́коже нае́мникъ.

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For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, that it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.

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Є҆́сть бо дре́вꙋ наде́жда: а҆́ще бо посѣ́чено бꙋ́детъ, па́ки процвѣте́тъ, и҆ лѣ́торасль є҆гѡ̀ не ѡ҆скꙋдѣ́етъ:

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For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock;

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а҆́ще бо состарѣ́етсѧ въ землѝ ко́рень є҆гѡ̀, на ка́мени же сконча́етсѧ стебло̀ є҆гѡ̀,

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it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.

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ѿ вонѝ воды̀ процвѣте́тъ, сотвори́тъ же жа́твꙋ, ꙗ҆́коже новосажде́нное.

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But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more.

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Мꙋ́жъ же оу҆ме́рый ѿи́де, па́дъ же человѣ́къ, ктомꙋ̀ нѣ́сть.

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For the sea wastes in length of time, and a river fails and is dried up.

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Вре́менемъ бо ѡ҆скꙋдѣва́етъ мо́ре, рѣка́ же ѡ҆пꙋстѣ́вши и҆́зсше:

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And man that has lain down in death shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep.

¹²

человѣ́къ же оу҆снꙋ́въ не воста́нетъ, до́ндеже не бꙋ́детъ не́бо сошве́но, и҆ не возбꙋдѧ́тсѧ ѿ сна̀ своегѡ̀.

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For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, and hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, and thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me!

¹³

Оу҆́бѡ, ѽ, дабы̀ во а҆́дѣ мѧ̀ сохрани́лъ є҆сѝ, скры́лъ же мѧ́ бы є҆сѝ, до́ндеже преста́нетъ гнѣ́въ тво́й, и҆ вчини́ши мѝ вре́мѧ, въ не́же па́мѧть сотвори́ши мѝ.

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For if a man should die, shall he live again, having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?

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А҆́ще бо оу҆́мретъ человѣ́къ, жи́въ бꙋ́детъ: сконча́въ дни̑ житїѧ̀ своегѡ̀, потерплю̀, до́ндеже па́ки бꙋ́дꙋ.

¹⁵

Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: but do not thou reject the work of thine hands.

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Посе́мъ воззове́ши, а҆́зъ же послꙋ́шаю тѧ̀: дѣ́лъ же рꙋкꙋ̀ твоє́ю не ѿвраща́йсѧ:

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But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?

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и҆зчи́слилъ же є҆сѝ начина̑нїѧ моѧ̑, и҆ ничто́же тѧ̀ мимои́детъ ѿ грѣ̑хъ мои́хъ:

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And thou hast sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares.

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запечатлѣ́лъ же мѝ є҆сѝ беззакѡ́нїѧ въ мѣшцѣ̀, назна́меналъ же є҆сѝ, а҆́ще что̀ нево́лею престꙋпи́хъ.

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And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place.

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Ѻ҆ба́че и҆ гора̀ па́дающи распаде́тсѧ, и҆ ка́мень ѡ҆бетша́етъ ѿ мѣ́ста своегѡ̀:

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The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong overflow a heap of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.

¹⁹

ка́менїе ѡ҆гла́диша во́ды, и҆ потопи́ша во́ды взна́къ хо́лмы земны̑ѧ, и҆ ѡ҆жида́нїе человѣ́ческо погꙋби́лъ є҆сѝ.

²⁰

Thou drivest him to an end, and he is gone: thou settest thy face against him, and sendest him away;

²⁰

Ѿри́нꙋлъ є҆сѝ є҆го̀ до конца̀, и҆ ѿи́де: и҆змѣни́лъ є҆сѝ є҆мꙋ̀ лицѐ и҆ и҆спꙋсти́лъ є҆сѝ.

²¹

and though his children be multiplied, he knows it not; and if they be few, he is not aware.

²¹

Мнѡ́гимъ же бы́вшымъ сынѡ́мъ є҆гѡ̀, не вѣ́сть: а҆́ще же и҆ ма́лѡ и҆́хъ бꙋ́детъ, не зна́етъ:

²²

But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns.

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но плѡ́ти є҆гѡ̀ болѣ́ша, дꙋша́ же є҆гѡ̀ ѡ҆ себѣ̀ сѣ́това.