7 A tree has hope: if it has been cut, it turns green again, and its branches spring forth.
8 If its roots grow old in the earth, and its trunk passes into dust,
9 at the scent of water, it will sprout and bring forth leaves, as when it had first been planted.
10 Truly, when a man dies, and has been left unprotected, and has decayed, I ask you where is he?
11 It is as if the waters had receded from the sea and an emptied river had dried up;
12 just so, when a man is fallen asleep, he will not rise again, until the heavens are worn away; he will not awaken, nor rise from his sleep.
13 Who will grant this to me, that you will protect me in the underworld, and hide me until your fury passes by, and establish a time for me, in which you will remember me?