⁹ for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,^(A)
    and our days on earth are but a shadow.^(B)

⁶ In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.^(A)

¹² But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;^(A)
    your renown endures^(B) through all generations.^(C)

¹⁵ The life of mortals is like grass,^(A)
    they flourish like a flower^(B) of the field;

²³ I fade away like an evening shadow;^(A)
    I am shaken off like a locust.