Psalms 37:2

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

For they ... like the grass. 'The multitude of hypocrites flourishes and covers the world so completely, that they alone seem almost to exist, as the green grass covers the earth. But, in God's sight, what are they? Hay that must presently be made; and the higher the grass, the nearer it is to the scythe and the haycock: just as the higher and further the wicked spread and rise aloft, the nearer are they to destruction. Wherefore, then, shouldst thou be angry, when their wickedness and prosperity are of so short-lived a nature?' (Luther.)

[beth (b)]