^(A)“All flesh is like grass
    and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
    and the flower falls,
^25 (B)but the word of the Lord remains for ever.”

² He comes out like ^(A)a flower and ^(B)withers;
    he flees like ^(C)a shadow and continues not.

¹¹ My days are like ^(A)an evening shadow;
    I ^(B)wither away like grass.

¹⁵ As for man, his days are like ^(A)grass;
    he flourishes like ^(B)a flower of the field;