Let them be like chaff before [the] wind, with the angel of Yahweh {driving them}.

{He is like} a lion; he longs to tear apart, and like a strong lion crouching in hiding places.

And I ground them like dust {in the wind}, I emptied them out like mud of [the] streets.

and it [is] like a bridegroom who comes out of his bridal chamber. It is glad like a strong man to run [its] course.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is melted {within me}.

And he makes them skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.

I have become forgotten like [one] dead, out of {mind}. I am like a destroyed vessel.

Do not be like a horse [or] like a mule, without understanding; [that needs] his tackle--bridle and rein--for restraint [or he would not] come near you.

Your righteousness [is] {like the mighty mountains}, your judgments [like the] great deep. You save man and beast, O Yahweh.

For like the grass they will dry up quickly, and like green vegetation they will wither.

Then he will bring forth your righteousness like the light, and your justice like the noonday.

But as for me, like [the] deaf I cannot hear, and [I am] like [the] mute [who] cannot open his mouth.

Their venom [is] like snake venom; [They are] like a deaf viper that closes its ear

[Let them be] like a snail [that] melts away [as] it goes; [like the] stillborn of woman [that] do not see [the] sun.

May he descend like rain on mown grass, like showers watering [the] earth.

May there be an abundance of grain in the land [even] on [the] top of [the] mountains. May his crop sway like the [trees of] Lebanon, and may [those] from [the] city blossom like the grass of the earth.

Then he rained meat on them like dust, even winged birds like [the] sand of [the] seas.

Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them like a herd in the wilderness.

And they turned and were treacherous like their ancestors. They twisted like a crooked bow.

Then the Lord awoke like [one who had been] asleep, [awoke] like a warrior who had been drunk with wine.

And he built his sanctuary like [the] heights, like [the] earth that he established forever.

However, you will die like men, and you will fall like one of the princes."

Make their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their chiefs like Zebah and Zalmunna,

O my God, make them like the tumbleweed, like the chaff before wind.

There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, and there are no works like yours.

Like [the] moon it will be steadfast forever, and [like] an enduring witness in the sky.'" Selah

For a thousand years in your eyes [are] like yesterday when it passes, or [like] a watch in the night.

You sweep them away [like a flood]. They fall asleep. In the morning [they are] like grass [that] sprouts anew.

[The] righteous will flourish like the date palm. They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

I am like an owl of [the] wilderness; I am like a little owl of [the] ruins.

My days [are] like a lengthened shadow, and I wither like grass.

They will perish, but you will endure. And like a garment they will all wear out, you will replace them like clothing, and they will be set aside.

Because he wore a curse as his robe, let it enter {his body} like water, and into his bones like oil.

Like a lengthening shadow I am passing away; I am shaken off like a locust.

The mountains skipped like rams, [the] hills like {lambs}.

O mountains, [that] you skipped like rams? O hills, like lambs?

They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like a fire of thorns. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.

Your wife [will be] like a fruitful vine {within} your house. Your children [will be] like olive shoots about your table.

Rather I have soothed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother, like the weaned child [is] my soul with me.

Humankind is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow.

that our sons [may be] like plants, full grown in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars, carved in the style of a palace,

[He] gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes;