Your beginning ¹  will seem so small, since your future will flourish. ² 

Can the papyrus plant grow tall ¹  where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish ²  without water?

at the scent ¹  of water it will flourish ²  and put forth ³  shoots like a new plant.

Before his time ¹  he will be paid in full, ²  and his branches will not flourish. ³ 

The household ¹  of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent ²  of the upright will flourish.

During his days the godly will flourish; ¹  peace will prevail as long as the moon remains in the sky. ² 

The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous ¹  will flourish like a green leaf. ² 

How precious and fair! ¹  Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women.

Then the people ¹  of Judah and the people of Israel will be gathered together. They will appoint for themselves one leader, ²  and will flourish in the land. ³  Certainly, ⁴  the day of Jezreel will be great!

May there be ¹  an abundance ²  of grain in the earth; on the tops ³  of the mountains may it ⁴  sway! ⁵  May its ⁶  fruit trees ⁷  flourish ⁸  like the forests of Lebanon! ⁹  May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!