Then our sons will be like plants, that quickly grow to full size. Our daughters will be like corner pillars, carved like those in a palace.

For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

Like a bridegroom it emerges from its chamber; like a strong man it enjoys running its course.

My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

But I am like a deaf man -- I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak.

Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,

Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass!

Let them be like a snail that melts away as it moves along! Let them be like stillborn babies that never see the sun!

Sound your battle cry against the wild beast of the reeds, and the nations that assemble like a herd of calves led by bulls! They humble themselves and offer gold and silver as tribute. God scatters the nations that like to do battle.

He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.

Yet he brought out his people like sheep; he led them through the wilderness like a flock.

Yet you will die like mortals; you will fall like all the other rulers."

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna,

O my God, make them like dead thistles, like dead weeds blown away by the wind!