¹⁹ as water wears away stones
    and torrents^(A) wash away the soil,^(B)
    so you destroy a person’s hope.^(C)

³² Before his time^(A) he will wither,^(B)
    and his branches will not flourish.^(C)

⁵ Yet you sweep people away^(A) in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning: