11 “Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh?Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
12 While yet in flower and not cut down,they wither before any other plant.
13 Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish.
14 His confidence is severed,and his trust is a spider’s web.
15 He leans against his house, but it does not stand;he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
16 He is a lush plant before the sun,and his shoots spread over his garden.
17 His roots entwine the stone heap;he looks upon a house of stones.