4 They may blossom for a while,but they will be swept awayin a gust of wind.
5 Their branches will be brokenbefore they mature,and the fruit they producewill be worthless.
6 When God judges the world,these children will be witnessesagainst their sinful parents.
7 Good people may die early,but they will be at rest.
8 True respect isn't gainedmerely by growing old—
9 people are honored because oftheir wisdom and goodness.
10 Enoch, a person God lovedand who pleased him,was living among sinners.But God took him away