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2But when I was silent and still,
not even saying anything good,
my anguish increased.

3My heart grew hot within me,
and as I meditated, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:

4“Show me, O LORD, my life's end
and the number of my days;
let me know how fleeting is my life.

5You have made my days a mere handbreadth;
the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Each man's life is but a breath.
Selah

6Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro:
He bustles about, but only in vain;
he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it.

10Remove your scourge from me;
I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

11You rebuke and discipline men for their sin;
you consume their wealth like a moth—
each man is but a breath.
Selah

12“Hear my prayer, O LORD,
listen to my cry for help;
be not deaf to my weeping.
For I dwell with you as an alien,
a stranger, as all my fathers were.

13Look away from me, that I may rejoice again
before I depart and am no more.”