23 (A)who brings princes to nothing,
    and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.

24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,
    scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
when he blows on them, and they wither,
    (B)and the tempest carries them off like stubble.

25 (C)To whom then will you compare me,
    that I should be like him? says the Holy One.

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