Psalms [Praises] 39:2-6

²I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

³My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:

⁴“Adonai , show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

⁵Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

⁶“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and does not know who shall gather.