Job 14:7-12

New International Version

⁷ “At least there is hope for a tree:^(A)
    If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
    and its new shoots^(B) will not fail.^(C)
8 Its roots may grow old in the ground
    and its stump^(D) die in the soil,
⁹ yet at the scent of water^(E) it will bud
    and put forth shoots like a plant.^(F)
10 But a man dies and is laid low;^(G)
    he breathes his last and is no more.^(H)
11 As the water of a lake dries up
    or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,^(I)
12 so he lies down and does not rise;^(J)
    till the heavens are no more,^(K) people will not awake
    or be roused from their sleep.^(L)