7 “Even a tree has more hope!If it is cut down, it will sprout againand grow new branches.
8 Though its roots have grown old in the earthand its stump decays,
9 at the scent of water it will budand sprout again like a new seedling.
10 “But when people die, their strength is gone.They breathe their last, and then where are they?
11 As water evaporates from a lakeand a river disappears in drought,
12 people are laid to rest and do not rise again.Until the heavens are no more, they will not wake upnor be roused from their sleep.
13 “I wish you would hide me in the graveand forget me there until your anger has passed.But mark your calendar to think of me again!