3 But the multiplying brood of the ungodly shall be of no profit, And with bastard slips they shall not strike deep root, Nor shall they establish a sure hold.
4 For even if these put forth boughs and flourish for a season, q1 Yet, standing unsure, they shall be shaken by the wind, And by the violence of winds they shall be rooted out.
5 Their branches shall be broken off before they come to maturity, and their fruit shall be useless, Never ripe to eat, and fit for nothing.
6 For children unlawfully begotten are witnesses of wickedness Against parents when God searcheth them out.
7 But a righteous man, though he die before his time, shall be at rest.
8 (For honorable old age is not that which stands in length of time, Nor is its measure given by number of years:
9 But understanding is gray hairs to men, And an unspotted life is ripe old age.)