7 Then what you had in the past will seem smallcompared with the great prosperity you’ll have in the future.
8 “Ask the people of past generations.Find out what their ancestors had learned.
9 We have only been around since yesterday, and we know nothing.Our days on earth are only a fleeting shadow.
10 Won’t their words teach you?Won’t they share their thoughts with you?
11 “Can papyrus grow up where there is no swamp?Can rushes grow tall without water?
12 Even if they were fresh and not cut,they would wither quicker than grass.
13 The same thing happens to all who forget God.The hope of the godless dies.