14 “Mortals, born of woman,^(A)
    are of few days^(B) and full of trouble.^(C)
2 They spring up like flowers^(D) and wither away;^(E)
    like fleeting shadows,^(F) they do not endure.^(G)
3 Do you fix your eye on them?^(H)
    Will you bring them^[a] before you for judgment?^(I)
4 Who can bring what is pure^(J) from the impure?^(K)
    No one!^(L)

⁹ yet at the scent of water^(A) it will bud
    and put forth shoots like a plant.^(B)

¹⁰ Create in me a pure heart,^(A) O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.^(B)

¹⁹ From the west,^(A) people will fear the name of the Lord,
    and from the rising of the sun,^(B) they will revere his glory.^(C)
For he will come like a pent-up flood
    that the breath^(D) of the Lord drives along.^[a]