6 look away from him and let him rest

so that he can enjoy his day like a hired worker.c

7 There is hope for a tree:

If it is cut down, it will sprout again,

and its shoots will not die.

8 If its roots grow old in the ground

and its stump starts to die in the soil,

9 the scent of water makes it thrive

and produce twigs like a sapling.d

10 But a person dies and fades away;

he breathes his last—where is he?

11 As water disappears from a lake

and a river becomes parched and dry,

12 so people lie down never to rise again.

They will not wake up until the heavens are no more;e

they will not stir from their sleep.