## You sweep them away as with a flood and they sleep; ##

AT: "Lord, you destroy the people as with a flood and they die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## they are like the grass that sprouts up ##

Here, the people are being compared to grass that starts to grow because they both live for a short while. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

## it blooms and grows up ##

AT: "it begins to grow and develop" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

## evening ##

the early hours of the night

## it withers and dries up ##

AT: "it fades and dries up" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])