1. Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David.
2. I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my tongue. I have set guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.
3. I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things: and my sorrow was renewed.
4. My heart grew hot within me: and in my meditation a fire shall flame out.
5. I spoke with my tongue: O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the number of my days: that I may know what is wanting to me.
6. Behold thou hast made my days measurable: and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living.