Olam 2

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

Whilst it <i>is</i> yet in his greenness, <i>and</i> not cut down, it withereth before any <i>other</i> herb.

So <i>are</i> the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust <i>shall be</i> a spider's web.

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

He <i>is</i> green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

His roots are wrapped about the heap, <i>and</i> seeth the place of stones.

If he destroy him from his place, then <i>it</i> shall deny him, <i>saying</i>, I have not seen thee.

Behold, this <i>is</i> the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect <i>man</i>, neither will he help the evil doers: