Job Continues: <br /> <br />Eve-born, man’s life is transient, <br />And full of troubles, incessant; <br />Akin a flower sprung, that fades <br />Or shadow swift that not abides. <br /> <br />How can you pick on such a one, <br />And bring to judgment for things done? <br />Can there be found a man all clean, <br />And undefiled in life, who’s been? <br /> <br />His days and months are numbers fixed, <br />The limits which he cannot pass! <br />Like hireling, he passes his day; <br />So, let him be and look away. <br /> <br />Even a tree has hope if cut, <br />It sprouts again with tender shoot; <br />Although in earth, grown old is root, <br />And die in dust, its stump and fruit. <br /> <br />Watered by rain, it lives again; <br />And puts young branches, not in vain; <br />Alas, when dies a man, then he, <br />Loses all vigor entirely. <br /> <br />Like how the waters of a lake <br />Or stream dry up to ne’er awake, <br />Man sleeps to ne’er rise again, <br />Until no more heavens remain! <br /> <br />Would you then hide me in nether, <br />Until your wrath finds good weather, <br />And fix a time and remember <br />Him as a once-earthly member? <br /> <br />The life of man is drudgery- <br />A wait long brings relief barely; <br />Your call, I would answer you then: <br />Work of your hands you esteem, when; <br /> <br />Then, you would count my footsteps all, <br />And sins of mine, never recall; <br />And seal my misdeeds in a pouch, <br />My guilt to cover, me you vouch. <br /> <br />As mountain falls and rocks change place, <br />And every stone, waters efface, <br />And waters wash the ground’s top-soil, <br />The hope of man, so you do foil. <br /> <br />Unknown to him, his sons you hail <br />Or disgrace when you once prevail; <br />With changed a form, he’s sent away, <br />With grieving-soul and pain en way! <br /> <br />Copyright by Dr John Celes 5-1-2007<br /><br />Dr John Celes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bible-stories-job-chapter-xiv/
