ISV(i)
13 Such are the paths of everyone who forgets God— the hope of the godless will be destroyed:
14 his confidence is shattered; his trust is in a spider’s web.
15 He leans against his house, but it won’t stand; he grabs hold of it firmly, but it doesn’t last.
16 He is a fresh sapling planted in the sunlight, spreading out its branches over its garden.
17 Its roots weave around a pile of stones, seeking to entrench itself among the rocks.
18 If he is uprooted from his place,
then it will deny him: ‘I never saw you.’
19 “Indeed, this is the benefit of God’s way: from the soil other plants will sprout.
then it will deny him: