7 “For there is hope for a tree,
When it is cut down, that it will change back sprouting again,
And its shoots will not cease.
8 Though its roots grow old in the ground
And its stump dies in the dry soil,
9 At the scent of water it will flourish
And put forth sprigs like a plant.
10 But aman dies and lies prostrate.
Man bbreathes his last, and where is he?
11 As awater evaporates from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,
12 So aman lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens are no longer,
He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.