¹² While it is yet green and uncut,
    it withers quicker than any grass.

² Like a flower that springs up and fades,^(A)
    swift as a shadow that does not abide.

² Like grass they wither quickly;
    like green plants they wilt away.^(A)

¹⁸ As with the leaves growing on a luxuriant tree—
    one falls off and another sprouts—
So with the generations of flesh and blood:
    one dies and another flourishes.^(A)