10. But let the wise ancestors teach you;listen to what they had to say:
11. “Reeds can't grow where there is no water;they are never found outside a swamp.
12. If the water dries up, they are the first to wither,while still too small to be cut and used.
13. Godless men are like those reeds;their hope is gone, once God is forgotten.
14. They trust a thread — a spider's web.