^{7 Ref} For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

^{8 Ref} Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;

^{9 Ref} Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.

^{10 Ref} But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

^{11 Ref} `As' the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;

^{12 Ref} So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.