²⁵ Will you torment^(A) a windblown leaf?^(B)
    Will you chase^(C) after dry chaff?^(D)

¹³ Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
    like chaff^(A) before the wind.

²⁴ No sooner are they planted,
    no sooner are they sown,
    no sooner do they take root^(A) in the ground,
than he blows^(B) on them and they wither,^(C)
    and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.^(D)