² He blossoms like a flower, then withers;^(A)
he flees like a shadow and does not last.

⁷ he will vanish for ever like his own dung.
Those who know^[a] him will ask, ‘Where is he? ’^(A)

⁵ You end their lives;^[a] they sleep.^(A)
They are like grass that grows in the morning –
⁶ in the morning it sprouts and grows;
by the evening it withers and dries up.^(B)