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)
5 You 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)

⁷ “But now, Lord, what do I look for?
    My hope is in you.^(K)
8 Save me^(L) from all my transgressions;^(M)
    do not make me the scorn^(N) of fools.
⁹ I was silent;^(O) I would not open my mouth,^(P)
    for you are the one who has done this.^(Q)
10 Remove your scourge from me;
    I am overcome by the blow^(R) of your hand.^(S)
11 When you rebuke^(T) and discipline^(U) anyone for their sin,
    you consume^(V) their wealth like a moth^(W)—
    surely everyone is but a breath.^(X)