²⁵ Will you torment^(A) a windblown leaf?^(B)
    Will you chase^(C) after dry chaff?^(D)

¹⁸ How often are they like straw before the wind,
    like chaff^(A) swept away^(B) by a gale?^(C)

²⁰ A bruised reed he will not break,
    and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he has brought justice through to victory.

¹³ Although the peoples roar^(A) like the roar of surging waters,
    when he rebukes^(B) them they flee^(C) far away,
driven before the wind like chaff^(D) on the hills,
    like tumbleweed before a gale.^(E)

³ Do you fix your eye on them?^(A)
    Will you bring them^[a] before you for judgment?^(B)