Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.
So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider's web.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place of stones.
If he destroy him from his place, then [it] shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.
Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect [man], neither will he help the evil doers:
