Psalm 39:4–8

4  “O Lord, bmake me know my end

and what is the measure of my days;

let me know how fleeting I am!

5  Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,

and cmy lifetime is as nothing before you.

Surely dall mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

6  Surely a man egoes about as a shadow!

Surely for nothing1 they are in turmoil;

man fheaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

7  “And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?

gMy hope is in you.

8  Deliver me from all my transgressions.

hDo not make me the scorn of the fool!