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.
18 If he is destroyed from his place,then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’