24  ^oThey are exalted a little while, and then are gone;

they are brought low and gathered up like all others;

they are cut off like the heads of grain.

35  ^zI have seen a wicked, ruthless man,

spreading himself like a green laurel tree.¹

36  ^aBut he passed away,² and behold, he was no more;

though I sought him, he could not be found.