⁶ Seek^(A) the Lord while he may be found;^(B)
    call^(C) on him while he is near.

⁴ They are like a breath;^(A)
    their days are like a fleeting shadow.^(B)

⁵ You have made my days^(A) a mere handbreadth;
    the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,^(B)
    even those who seem secure.^[a]