Job 14:1 says, Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.  A person's time here on earth is indeed short and often filled with trouble, as Job stated here.  This should not cause the Christian to be filled with despair though.  Since people are born with an everlasting soul, they should not allow the physical or material things of this world, even life itself, to become the determining factor of their relationship with God.  Verse two adds, He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.  Job said that this life came and went quickly, like a flower that is cut down.  The flower may be beautiful, but once it is cut, it begins to die.  I believe Job was saying that no matter how successful a person's life might be, from the day they are born they are moving toward the death of this physical body. Verse three continues, And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?  Job saw his life as fleeting, and asked if God was watching him and bringing His judgment on Job.  We know that God does indeed watch everyone and that He will indeed ultimately judge all for their sins.  The only hope for not bearing the penalty for those sins is through faith in Christ.  Verse four asks, Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.  Job was still looking at a person's physical life, and in his present condition he felt unclean and unable to be redeemed.  Job said that there was no one who could redeem a person who was unclean, but we know there is One Who not only can but does redeem all those who put their faith in Him, and that is Jesus Christ.  Verse five adds, Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;   I believe that Job was saying that as mortal beings, we are not going to live forever.  Our days are indeed numbered.  From the moment of birth, this physical body is on its way to its inevitable conclusion, which is death.  We do not need to despair because of this, though, because the spirit of people is everlasting.  Verse six continues, Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.  I believe that Job was asking that God allow a person to die, or as he said to rest, once they had completed their task here on earth.  We need to remember that Job felt that he had no more purpose in life, and that having accomplished all that he could do, he was ready to rest in death. Verse seven states, For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Verse eight adds, Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;  Verse nine continues, Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.  As Job said, a tree can be cut down to a stump and still have the possibility of living again as long as there is a good root structure and water.  If you have ever tried to cut down certain plants to get rid of them, then you know this truth too well.  Verse ten states, But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?  Job said that when a man, or woman, dies, this is not the case.  They are not going to come back to this life once the spirit, the everlasting soul, has departed them.  Verse eleven adds, As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:  Job stated that this was a certainty.  Verse twelve continues, So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.  Job said that until the heavens pass away that this body, once laid down in death, would live no more.  We know that when Christ returns that the body will be resurrected new and glorious, but until then it will not return.