For like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon wither.
We blossom like a flower and then wither. Like a passing shadow, we quickly disappear.
Though the wicked sprout like weeds and evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
But you, O Lord, will be exalted forever.
For evil people have no future; the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.
As the Scriptures say, “People are like grass; their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades.