⁴ “O Lord, ^(A)make me know my end
    and what is the measure of my days;
    let me know how fleeting I am!
⁵ Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,
    and ^(B)my lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely ^(C)all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

⁷ “And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
    ^(A)My hope is in you.
⁸ Deliver me from all my transgressions.
    ^(B)Do not make me the scorn of the fool!