3 and I was overcome with anxiety.The more I thought, the more troubled I became;I could not keep from asking:
4 “Lord, how long will I live?When will I die?Tell me how soon my life will end.”
5 How short you have made my life!In your sight my lifetime seems nothing.Indeed every living being is no more than a puff of wind,
6 no more than a shadow.All we do is for nothing;we gather wealth, but don't know who will get it.
7 What, then, can I hope for, Lord?I put my hope in you.
8 Save me from all my sins,and don't let fools make fun of me.
9 I will keep quiet, I will not say a word,for you are the one who made me suffer like this.