Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?

Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil,

The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father.

He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

"Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?

Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open; they go off, and do not return to them.