“Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.(A)
Now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in You.(B)

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You end their lives;[a] they sleep.(A)
They are like grass that grows in the morning—
in the morning it sprouts and grows;
by evening it withers and dries up.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 90:5 Or You overwhelm them; Hb obscure

For all our days ebb away under Your wrath;
we end our years like a sigh.(A)
10 Our lives last[a] seventy years
or, if we are strong, eighty years.
Even the best of them are[b] struggle and sorrow;
indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 90:10 Lit The days of our years in them
  2. Psalm 90:10 LXX, Tg, Syr, Vg read Even their span is; Hb obscure

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