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The Futility of Life.

¹ I said, "I will ^(C1)keep watch over my ways
So that I ^(C2)do not sin with my tongue;
I will keep watch over ^(C3)my mouth as with a muzzle
While the wicked are in my presence."

² I was ^(C1)mute ^(F1)and silent,
I ^(F2)refused to say even something good,
And my pain was stirred up.

³ My ^(C1)heart was hot within me,
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:

⁴ "LORD, let me know ^(C1)my end,
And what is the extent of my days;
Let me know how ^(C2)transient I am.

⁵ "Behold, You have made ^(C1)my days like ^(F1)hand widths,
And my ^(C2)lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Certainly all mankind standing is ^(F2)a mere ^(C3)breath. Selah

⁶ "Certainly every person ^(C1)walks around as ^(F1)a fleeting shadow;
They certainly make an ^(C2)uproar for nothing;
He ^(C3)amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

⁷ "And now, Lord, for what do I wait?
My ^(C1)hope is in You.

⁸ "^(C1)Save me from all my wrongdoings;
Do not make me an object of ^(C2)reproach for the foolish.

⁹ "I have become ^(C1)mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is ^(C2)You who have done it.

¹⁰ "^(C1)Remove Your plague from me;
Because of ^(C2)the opposition of Your hand I am ^(F1)perishing.

¹¹ "With ^(C1)rebukes You punish a person for wrongdoing;
You ^(C2)consume like a moth what is precious to him;
Certainly ^(C3)all mankind is mere breath! Selah

¹² "^(C1)Hear my prayer, LORD, and listen to my cry for help;
Do not be silent ^(C2)to my tears;
For I am ^(C3)a stranger with You,
^(C4)One who lives abroad, like all my fathers.

¹³ "^(C1)Turn Your eyes away from me, that I may become cheerful again
Before I depart and am no more."