5. Look, you have made my days mere handbreadths, and my lifespan as nothing next to you. Surely every person standing firm is complete vanity. Selah
6. Surely a man walks about as a mere shadow; surely in vain they bustle about. He heaps up possessions but does not know who will gather them in.
7. And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is for you.
8. From all my transgressions deliver me; do not make me the taunt of the fool.
9. I am mute. I do not open my mouth, for you, yourself, have done it.
10. Remove from me your affliction. By the opposition of your hand I perish.