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!
8. Save me from my sins.Don't let fools sneer at me.
9. You treated me like this,and I kept silent,not saying a word.
10. “Won't you stop punishing me?You have worn me down.
11. You punish us severelybecause of our sins.Like a moth, you destroywhat we treasure most.We are as frail as a breath.
12. “Listen, Lord, to my prayer!My eyes are flooded with tears,as I pray to you.I am merely a strangervisiting your homeas my ancestors did.
13. Stop being angry with meand let me smile againbefore I am dead and gone.”