4. For even though their branches flourish for a time,they are unsteady and shall be rocked by the windand, by the violence of the winds, uprooted;
5. Their twigs shall be broken off untimely,their fruit useless, unripe for eating,fit for nothing.
6. For children born of lawless unionsgive evidence of the wickedness of their parents, when they are examined.
7. But the righteous one, though he die early, shall be at rest.
8. For the age that is honorable comes not with the passing of time,nor can it be measured in terms of years.
9. Rather, understanding passes for gray hair,and an unsullied life is the attainment of old age.