²⁴ For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

²⁵ But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

² He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

¹¹ My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.