3. My heart got hot inside me;while stewing over it, the fire burned.Then I spoke out with my tongue:
4. "Let me know my end, Lord.How many days do I have left?I want to know how brief my time is."
5. You’ve made my days so short;my lifetime is like nothing in your eyes.Yes, a human life is nothing but a puff of air! Selah
6. Yes, people wander around like shadows;yes, they hustle and bustle, but pointlessly;they don’t even know who will get the wealth they’ve amassed.
7. So now, Lord, what should I be waiting for?My hope is set on you.
8. Deliver me from all my sins;don’t make me some foolish person’s joke.
9. I am completely silent; I won’t open my mouthbecause you have acted.
10. Get this plague of yours off me!I’m being destroyed by the blows from your fist.