Job 8:8-19

8“For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors;

9For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

10Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?

11Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?

12While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!

13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,

14whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider’s web.

15He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.

16He is a well-watered plant in the sun, its shoots spread over its garden.

17It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones.

18If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying, ‘I have never seen you!’

19Indeed, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others spring up.