⁷ “At least there is hope for a tree:^(A)
    If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
    and its new shoots^(B) will not fail.^(C)
8 Its roots may grow old in the ground
    and its stump^(D) die in the soil,
⁹ yet at the scent of water^(E) it will bud
    and put forth shoots like a plant.^(F)