For they shall wax dry swiftly as hay; and they shall fall down soon as the worts of herbs.
And he goeth out, and is defouled as a flower; and he fleeth away as a shadow, and dwelleth never perfectly in that same state.
When sinners come forth, as hay; and all they appear, that work wicked-ness. That they perish into the world of world;
forsooth thou, Lord, art the Highest, without end.
For why evil men have not hope of things to come, and the lantern of wicked men shall be quenched.
For each flesh is hay, and all the glory of it is as the flower of hay; the hay dried up, and his flower felled down;