5. If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,
6. Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.
7. For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;
8. Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,
9. Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.
10. But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?
11. The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:
12. So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.