² They spring up like flowers^(A) and wither away;^(B)
    like fleeting shadows,^(C) they do not endure.^(D)

²⁰ You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;^(A)
    you change their countenance and send them away.^(B)

³³ He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,^(A)
    like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.^(B)

⁷ he will perish forever,^(A) like his own dung;
    those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’^(B)

²⁴ For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone;^(A)
    they are brought low and gathered up like all others;^(B)
    they are cut off like heads of grain.^(C)