11 “Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the reeds flourish without water?
12 aWhile it
is yet green
and not cut down,
It withers before any
other plant.
13 So
are the paths of all who
aforget God;
And the hope of the
bhypocrite shall perish,
14 Whose confidence shall be cut off,
And whose trust
is1 a spider’s web.
15 aHe leans on his house, but it does not stand.
He holds it fast, but it does not endure.
16 He grows green in the sun,
And his branches spread out in his garden.
17 His roots wrap around the rock heap,
And look for a place in the stones.
18 aIf he is destroyed from his place,
Then
it will deny him,
saying, ‘I have not seen you.’
19 “Behold, this is the joy of His way,
And
aout of the earth others will grow.
20 Behold,
aGod will not cast away the blameless,
Nor will He uphold the evildoers.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
