Mazmur 37:2

37:2 For they will quickly dry up like grass,

and wither away like plants. ¹ 

Mazmur 73:19

73:19 How desolate they become in a mere moment!

Terrifying judgments make their demise complete! ² 

Mazmur 103:16

103:16 but when the hot wind ³  blows by, it disappears,

and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

Mazmur 109:23

109:23 I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; ⁴ 

I am shaken off like a locust.

Mazmur 144:4

144:4 People ⁵  are like a vapor,

their days like a shadow that disappears. ⁶ 

[37:2]  ¹ tn Heb “like green vegetation.”

[73:19]  ² tn Heb “they come to an end, they are finished, from terrors.”

[103:16]  ³ tn Heb “[the] wind.” The word “hot” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[109:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “like a shadow when it is extended I go.” He is like a late afternoon shadow made by the descending sun that will soon be swallowed up by complete darkness. See Ps 102:11.

[144:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “man,” or “mankind.”

[144:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “his days [are] like a shadow that passes away,” that is, like a late afternoon shadow made by the descending sun that will soon be swallowed up by complete darkness. See Ps 102:11.