6 Look away from him and let him desist,until he fulfills his time like a hired man.
7 “But there is hope for a tree:If it is cut down, it will sprout again,and its new shoots will not fail.
8 Although its roots may grow old in the groundand its stump begins to die in the soil,
9 at the scent of water it will flourishand put forth shoots like a new plant.
10 But man dies and is powerless;he expires – and where is he?
11 As water disappears from the sea,or a river drains away and dries up,
12 so man lies down and does not rise;until the heavens are no more, they will not awakenor arise from their sleep.