7 »At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

8 »Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,

9 yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth growth like a plant.

10 »On the other hand man dies and is laid low. He breathes his last and is no more!