11 Papyrus reeds grow healthyonly in a swamp,
12 and if the water dries up,they die sooner than grass.
13 Such is the hopeless futureof all who turn from God
14 and trust in something as frailas a spider's web—
15 they take hold and fallbecause it's so flimsy.
16 Sinful people are like plantswith spreading roots and plentyof sun and water.
17 They wrap their roots tightlyaround rocks.