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]

³ When I am afraid,^(A) I put my trust in you.^(B)
4     In God, whose word I praise—^(C)
in God I trust and am not afraid.^(D)
    What can mere mortals do to me?^(E)

⁵ All day long they twist my words;^(F)
    all their schemes are for my ruin.
⁶ They conspire,^(G) they lurk,
    they watch my steps,^(H)
    hoping to take my life.^(I)
7 Because of their wickedness do not^[a] let them escape;^(J)
    in your anger, God, bring the nations down.^(K)

⁸ Record my misery;
    list my tears on your scroll^[b](L)—
    are they not in your record?^(M)

¹³ For you have delivered me from death^(A)
    and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
    in the light of life.^(B)