13 The same happens to all who forget God.The hopes of the godless evaporate.
14 Their confidence hangs by a thread.They are leaning on a spider’s web.
15 They cling to their home for security, but it won’t last.They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.
16 The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine,its branches spreading across the garden.
17 Its roots grow down through a pile of stones;it takes hold on a bed of rocks.
18 But when it is uprooted,it’s as though it never existed!
19 That’s the end of its life,and others spring up from the earth to replace it.