11“Can papyrusגֹּ֭מֶאGo.me'H1573growH1342tallH1342withoutבְּלֹ֣אbe.Lo'H3808a marshבִצָּ֑הvi.TzahH1207?Can the rushesאָ֥חוּ'A.chuH260growיִשְׂגֶּה־yis.geh-H7685withoutבְלִי־ve.li-H1097waterמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325?
12While it is stillעֹדֶ֣נּוּ'o.De.nuH5750greenבְ֭אִבּוֹve.'i.boH3andnot cutH6998downH6998,Yet it withersיִיבָֽשׁ׃yi.VashH3001beforeוְלִפְנֵ֖יve.lif.NeiH6440anyכָל־khol-H3605otherplantחָצִ֣ירcha.TzirH2682.
13Soכֵּ֗ןKenH3651are the pathsאָ֭רְחוֹת'A.re.chotH734ofallכָּל־kol-H3605whoH7911forgetשֹׁ֣כְחֵיSho.khe.cheiH7911Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410; And thehopeוְתִקְוַ֖תve.tik.VatH8615of the godlessחָנֵ֣ףcha.NefH2611will perishתֹּאבֵֽד׃to.VedH6,
14Hisאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834confidenceכִּסְל֑וֹkis.LoH3689is fragileH6962,And his trustמִבְטַחֽוֹ׃miv.ta.ChoH4009is aspider’sעַ֝כָּבִ֗ישׁ'a.ka.VishH5908webוּבֵ֥יתu.VeitH1004.
15He dependsיִשָּׁעֵ֣ןyi.sha.'EnH8172on hishouseבֵּ֭יתוֹbei.toH1004,but it does not standיַעֲמֹ֑דya.'a.ModH5975;He holdsיַחֲזִ֥יקya.cha.ZikH2388onH2388to it, but it does not endureיָקֽוּם׃ya.KumH6965.
16Heflourishesרָטֹ֣בra.ToH7373beforeלִפְנֵי־lif.nei-H6440the sunשָׁ֑מֶשׁSha.meshH8121, And hisshootsיֹֽנַקְתּ֥וֹyo.nak.ToH3127spreadH3318outH3318overוְעַ֥לve.'AlH5921his gardenגַּ֝נָּת֗וֹga.na.ToH1593.
18Ifאִם־'im-H518he isremovedיְבַלְּעֶ֥נּוּye.val.le.'E.nuH1104fromhis placeמִמְּקוֹמ֑וֹmi.me.ko.MoH4725,Then it will denyוְכִ֥חֶשׁve.Khi.cheshH3584him, saying, ‘I neverלֹ֣אlo'H3808sawרְאִיתִֽיךָ׃re.'i.Ti.khaH7200you.’
19Beholdהֶן־hen-H2005,thisה֭וּאhu'H1931is the joyמְשׂ֣וֹשׂme.SosH4885of His wayדַּרְכּ֑וֹdar.KoH1870;And out of the dustוּ֝מֵעָפָ֗רu.me.'a.FarH6083othersאַחֵ֥ר'a.CherH312will springיִצְמָֽחוּ׃yitz.Ma.chuH6779.
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