12 While they are still growing and haven't been cut, they dry up faster than grass does.
13 The same thing happens to everyone who forgets God. The hope of ungodly people dies out.
14 What they trust in is very weak. What they depend on is like a spider's web.
15 A person leans on it, but it falls apart. He holds on to it, but it gives way.
16 He is like a plant in the sunshine that receives plenty of water. It spreads its new growth all over the garden.
17 It wraps its roots around a pile of rocks. It tries to find places to grow among the stones.
18 But when a plant is pulled up from its spot, that place says, 'I never saw you.'