1. I told myself, “I'll be carefulnot to sin by what I say,and I'll muzzle my mouthwhen evil people are near.”
2. I kept completely silent,but it did no good,and I suffered even more.
3. I felt a fire burning inside,and the more I thought,the more it burnt,until at last I said:
4. “Please, Lord,show me my future.Will I soon be gone?
5. You made my life short,so brief that the timemeans nothing to you.“Human life is but a breath,
6. and it disappearslike a shadow.Our struggles are senseless;we store up more and more,without ever knowingwho will get it all.
7. “What am I waiting for?I depend on you, Lord!