Psalms 39:5-10

⁵Behold, thou hast made my days as a hand-breadth, And my life is as nothing before thee; Yea, every man in his firmest state is altogether vanity. Pause.

⁶Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely he disquieteth himself in vain; He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

⁷What, then, O Lord! is my hope? My hope is in thee!

⁸Deliver me from all my transgressions; Let me not be the reproach of scoffers!

⁹Yet I am dumb; I open not my mouth; For thou hast done it!

¹⁰But remove from me thine infliction; For I am perishing by the blow of thine hand.