12 "While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.
13 "So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish,
14 Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider's web.
15 "He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.
16 "He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden.
17 "His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.
18 "If he is removed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, 'I never saw you.'