6. If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;
7. And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great.
8. For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;
9. For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.