"Like a flowerhe comesforthand withers.He also fleeslike a shadowand does not remain.
"For we are sojournersbeforeYou, and tenants,as allour fatherswere; our dayson the earthare like a shadow,and thereis nohope.
"He will dropoffhis unripegrapelike the vine,And will castoffhis flowerlike the olivetree.
Betweenmorningand eveningthey are brokenin pieces;Unobserved,they perishforever.
"For we are [only] of yesterdayand knownothing,Becauseour dayson earthare as a shadow.
My daysare like a lengthenedshadow,And I witheraway like grass.
But You, O LORD,abideforever,And Your nameto allgenerations.
Becauseof the loudnessof my groaningMy bonesclingto my flesh.
Manis likea merebreath;His daysare like a passingshadow.
For they will witherquicklylike the grassAnd fadelike the greenherb.
"Behold,You have mademy days[as] handbreadths,And my lifetimeas nothingin Your sight;Surelyeverymanat his bestis a merebreath.Selah.
"And now,Lord,for whatdo I wait?My hopeis in You.
The righteousmanwill flourishlike the palmtree,He will growlike a cedarin Lebanon.
That when the wickedsproutedup likegrassAnd allwho didiniquityflourished,It [was only] that they might be destroyedforevermore.
But it will not be wellfor the evilmanand he will not lengthenhis dayslike a shadow,becausehe does not fearGod.
Yetyou do not knowwhatyour lifewill be like tomorrow.You are [just] a vaporthat appearsfor a little whileand thenvanishes away.
For, "ALLFLESHIS LIKEGRASS,AND ALLITS GLORYLIKETHE FLOWEROF GRASS.THE GRASSWITHERS,AND THE FLOWERFALLS OFF,
