Job 14:7-11

“For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail.

“Though its roots grow old in the ground, And its stump dies in the dry soil,

At the scent of water it will flourish And produce sprigs like a plant.

“But a man dies and lies prostrate. A person passes away, and where is he?

“As water evaporates from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dried up,