2  For they will soon ^wfade like ^xthe grass

and wither ^ylike the green herb.

15  As for man, his days are like ^tgrass;

he flourishes like ^ua flower of the field;

26  while their inhabitants, shorn of strength,

are dismayed and confounded,

and have become ⁱlike plants of the field

and like tender grass,

like grass on the housetops,

blighted before it is grown.

6  A voice says, “Cry!”

And I said,¹ “What shall I cry?”

ⁱAll flesh is grass,

and all its beauty² is like the flower of the field.

7  The grass withers, the flower fades

when the breath of the Lord blows on it;

surely the people are grass.

8  ^jThe grass withers, the flower fades,

but the word of our God will stand forever.

^g“All flesh is like grass

and all its glory like the flower of grass.

The grass withers,

and the flower falls,