Psalms 39:3-8

³My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire was kindled, till at last the words came to my tongue.

⁴“Teach me, O Lord, my end, and the sum of my days what it is. Let me know how transient I am.

⁵See! My days you have made but a span, and my life is as nothing before you. It is but as a breath that everyone stands: Selah

⁶it is but in mere semblance we walk to and fro, and all our noise is for nothing. We heap up, and know not who will gather.”

⁷And now, what wait I for, Lord? My hope is in you.

⁸From all my transgressions deliver me; make me not the scorn of the fool.