Psalm 39:4-6

New International Version

⁴“Show me, Lord, my life’s end
    and the number of my days;^(A)
    let me know how fleeting^(B) my life is.^(C)
⁵You have made my days^(D) a mere handbreadth;
    the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,^(E)
    even those who seem secure.^[a]

⁶“Surely everyone goes around^(F) like a mere phantom;^(G)
in vain they rush about,^(H) heaping up wealth^(I)
without knowing whose it will finally be.^(J)

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Footnotes

Psalm 39:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.

Mark 13:32-37

New International Version

The Day and Hour Unknown

³²“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.^(A) ³³Be on guard! Be alert^[a]!^(B) You do not know when that time will come. ³⁴It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants^(C) in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.

³⁵“Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. ³⁶If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. ³⁷What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’”^(D)

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