² For they shall soon be cut down ^(A)like the grass,
And wither as the green herb.

⁷ When ^(A)the wicked ^[a]spring up like grass,
And when all the workers of iniquity flourish,
It is that they may be destroyed forever.

⁵ You carry them away like a flood;
^(A)They are like a sleep.
In the morning ^(B)they are like grass which grows up:
⁶ In the morning it flourishes and grows up;
In the evening it is cut down and withers.

^2 (A)He comes forth like a flower and fades away;
He flees like a shadow and does not continue.

¹⁷ Until I went into the sanctuary of God;
Then I understood their ^(A)end.

³⁵ I have seen the wicked in great power,
And spreading himself like a native green tree.
³⁶ Yet ^[a]he passed away, and behold, he was no more;
Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.

^5 (A)That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a ^(B)moment?
^6 (C)Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens,
And his head reaches to the clouds,
⁷ Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
⁸ He will fly away ^(D)like a dream, and not be found;
Yes, he ^(E)will be chased away like a vision of the night.
⁹ The eye that saw him will see him no more,
Nor will his place behold him anymore.