6 if you were pure and upright,surely now He would rouse Himself on your behalf,and He would prosper your righteous dwelling.
7 Though your beginning was small,your end will increase greatly.
8 “Please, ask the former generation,and prepare yourself for what their fathers searched out;
9 for we were born but yesterday and know nothing,because our days on earth are a shadow.
10 Will they not teach you, and tell you,and bring forth words out of their heart?
11 Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?Can the reed grow without water?
12 While it is yet green and not cut down,it withers before any other plant.