9 For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.
10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?
12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness and not cut down, it withereth before any other grass.
13 So are the paths of all that forget ·God and the profane man's hope shall perish,
14 Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.
15 He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.