Job 14:7-13 - When A Tree Is Chopped Down

⁷ "There is hope for the tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots won't stop growing. ⁸ Even if its roots have grown ancient in the earth, and its stump begins to rot in the ground, ⁹ the presence of water will make it to bud so that it sprouts new branches like a young plant. ¹⁰ "But when a person dies and wastes away, when a person breathes his last, where will he be? ¹¹ As water disappears from the sea, or water evaporates from a river, ¹² so also a person lies down and does not get up; they won't awaken until the heavens are no more, nor will they arise from their sleep."

¹³ "Won't you keep me safe in the afterlife? Conceal me until your anger subsides. Set an appointment for me, then remember me.