My days pass more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle; they come to an end without hope.

Remember that my life is [but] a breath. My eye will never again see anything good.

On their royal horses, the couriers rode out in haste, at the king's urgent command. The law was also issued in the fortress of Susa.

You, indeed, have made my days short in length, and my life span as nothing in Your sight. Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor. Selah

You discipline a man with punishment for sin, consuming like a moth what is precious to him; every man is a mere vapor. Selah

Remember how short my life is. Have You created everyone for nothing?

For all our days ebb away under Your wrath; we end our years like a sigh.

Our lives last seventy years or, if we are strong, eighty years. Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow; indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.

You don't even know what tomorrow will bring-- what your life will be! For you are a bit of smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes.