4. “O Lord, help me understand my mortalityand the brevity of life!Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!
5. Look, you make my days short-lived,and my life span is nothing from your perspective.Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.
6. Surely people go through life as mere ghosts.Surely they accumulate worthless wealthwithout knowing who will eventually haul it away.”
7. But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying?You are my only hope!
8. Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion!Do not make me the object of fools’ insults!
9. I am silent and cannot open my mouthbecause of what you have done.