If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
(For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow:)
Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
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.
