Job 14:5-7

New Catholic Bible

⁵ The extent of his life has already been determined,
    and the number of his months is known to you;
    you have established the limits that he cannot pass.
⁶ Turn your gaze away from him and leave him alone
    so that, like a hired laborer, he may complete his days.
⁷ “At least for a tree there is always hope:
    if it is cut down, it may sprout once again,
    and its new shoots may burst with life.