Job 8:17-19

New Catholic Bible

¹⁷ His roots are entwined around a pile of stones;
    he draws his strength from among the rocks.
¹⁸ But if someone uproots him from his place,
    it will disown him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’
¹⁹ There he lies, rotting along the roadside,^[a]
    and others will sprout forth from the soil.