5. If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes , and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6. If thou wert pure and upright , surely now he would awake for thee , and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7. Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly encrease .
8. For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age , and prepare thy self to the search of their Fa∣thers .
9. (For we are but of yesterday , and know nothing because our days upon earth are a sha∣dow .
10. Shall not they teach thee , and tell thee, and utter words out of their hearts s?
11. Can the rush grow up without mire ? can the flagg grow without water?
12. Whilest it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb .
13. So are the paths of all that forget God , and the Hypocrite's hope shall perish :
14. Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a Spiders web .
15. He shall lean upon his house , but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not en∣dure.
16. He is green before the Sun , and his branch shooteth forth in his garden o.
17. His roots are wrapped about the heap , and seeth the place of Stones.