⁵ You sweep people away like dreams that disappear.
    They are like grass that springs up in the morning.

⁶ A voice said, “Shout!”
    I asked, “What should I shout?”

“Shout that people are like the grass.
    Their beauty fades as quickly
    as the flowers in a field.

²⁰ When you arise, O Lord,
    you will laugh at their silly ideas
    as a person laughs at dreams in the morning.

¹⁶ They were snatched away in the prime of life,
    the foundations of their lives washed away.

“People are like grass;
    their beauty is like a flower in the field.
The grass withers and the flower fades.

¹⁵ Our days on earth are like grass;
    like wildflowers, we bloom and die.
¹⁶ The wind blows, and we are gone—
    as though we had never been here.

²⁰ Terror overwhelms them like a flood,
    and they are blown away in the storms of the night.
²¹ The east wind carries them away, and they are gone.
    It sweeps them away.

⁷ All the nations fighting against Jerusalem^[a]
    will vanish like a dream!
Those who are attacking her walls
    will vanish like a vision in the night.
⁸ A hungry person dreams of eating
    but wakes up still hungry.
A thirsty person dreams of drinking
    but is still faint from thirst when morning comes.
So it will be with your enemies,
    with those who attack Mount Zion.”