While still uncut shoots,
they would dry up quicker than any other plant.

When He withholds the waters, everything dries up,
and when He releases them, they destroy the land.

His roots below dry up,
and his branches above wither away.

Will You frighten a wind-driven leaf?
Will You chase after dry straw?

As water disappears from the sea
and a river becomes parched and dry,

As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow,
so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

Emaciated from poverty and hunger,
they gnawed the dry land,
the desolate wasteland by night.