Psalm 37:2

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For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

I once observed a wicked and oppressive person, flourishing like a green tree in native soil.

until I entered the sanctuaries of God. Then I understood their destiny.

You will sweep them away while they are asleep by morning they are like growing grass.

Though the wicked sprout like grass; and all who practice iniquity flourish, it is they who will be eternally destroyed.

Let all who hate Zion be turned away and be ashamed.

The wicked triumph only briefly; the joy of the godless is momentary.

and a rich person in his having been humbled, because he will fade away like a wild flower.

For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,