⁶ May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop,
    turning yellow when only half grown,

² For like grass, they soon fade away.
    Like spring flowers, they soon wither.

²⁷ That is why their people have so little power
    and are so frightened and confused.
They are as weak as grass,
    as easily trampled as tender green shoots.
They are like grass sprouting on a housetop,
    scorched^[a] before it can grow lush and tall.

⁷ Though the wicked sprout like weeds
    and evildoers flourish,
    they will be destroyed forever.

²⁶ That is why their people have so little power
    and are so frightened and confused.
They are as weak as grass,
    as easily trampled as tender green shoots.
They are like grass sprouting on a housetop,
    scorched before it can grow lush and tall.