⁴ “Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.
    Remind me that my days are numbered—
    how fleeting my life is.

¹² Teach us to realize the brevity of life,
    so that we may grow in wisdom.

¹⁴ For he knows how weak we are;
    he remembers we are only dust.

¹³ “I wish you would hide me in the grave^[a]
    and forget me there until your anger has passed.
    But mark your calendar to think of me again!