8. Even though its root grow old in the earthand its stump die in the dust,
9. Yet at the first whiff of water it sproutsand puts forth branches like a young plant.
10. But when a man dies, all vigor leaves him;when a mortal expires, where then is he?
11. As when the waters of a lake fail,or a stream shrivels and dries up,
12. So mortals lie down, never to rise.Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake,nor be roused out of their sleep.