6 Look away from him and let him be,while, like a hireling, he completes his day.
7 For a tree there is hope;if it is cut down, it will sprout again,its tender shoots will not cease.
8 Even though its root grow old in the earthand its stump die in the dust,
9 Yet at the first whiff of water it sproutsand puts forth branches like a young plant.
10 But when a man dies, all vigor leaves him;when a mortal expires, where then is he?
11 As when the waters of a lake fail,or a stream shrivels and dries up,
12 So mortals lie down, never to rise.Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake,nor be roused out of their sleep.