23 He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it,(A)
but his eyes(B) watch over their ways.
24 They are exalted for a moment, then gone;
they are brought low and shrivel up like everything else.[a]
They wither like heads of grain.(C)

25 If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar(D)
and show that my speech is worthless?

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Footnotes

  1. 24:24 LXX reads like a mallow plant in the heat

23 He may let them rest in a feeling of security,(A)
    but his eyes(B) are on their ways.(C)
24 For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone;(D)
    they are brought low and gathered up like all others;(E)
    they are cut off like heads of grain.(F)

25 “If this is not so, who can prove me false
    and reduce my words to nothing?”(G)

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