6 If you were pure and upright,Surely now He would awake for you,And prosper your rightful dwelling place.
7 Though your beginning was small,Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.
8 “For inquire, please, of the former age,And consider the things discovered by their fathers;
9 For we were born yesterday, and know nothing,Because our days on earth are a shadow.
10 Will they not teach you and tell you,And utter words from their heart?
11 “Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?Can the reeds flourish without water?
12 While it is yet green and not cut down,It withers before any other plant.