5 Who can measure his majestic power? Who can tell the whole story of his merciful actions?
6 We cannot add to them; we cannot subtract from them. There is no way to comprehend the marvellous things the Lord has done.
7 When we come to the end of that story, we have not even begun; we are simply at a loss for words.
8 What are human beings? Of what use are they? The good that they do — the evil that they do — what does it all mean?
9 A person who has lived a hundred years has lived an unusually long time,
10 but compared with all eternity, those years are like a drop of water in the ocean, like a single grain of sand.
11 That is why the Lord is so patient with us, why he is so free with his mercy.