Job 14:19-21

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁹ the waters wear away the stones;
    the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
    so thou destroyest the hope of man.
²⁰ Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passes;
    thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
²¹ His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;
    they are brought low, and he perceives it not.