Let them be as the dust before the wind, and the angel of the LORD scattering them.

Though ye have lain among the sheep-folds, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove that is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like gold.

And not to be as their forefathers, a faithless and stubborn generation, a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not true toward God.

Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thy house, thy children like the olive branches round about thy table.

that our sons may grow up as the young plants, and that our daughters may be as the polished corners of the temple;