Psalm 39:11-13

International Standard Version

¹¹You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities;
you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth.
Indeed, every person is a puff of wind.
Interlude

¹²Hear my prayer, Lord,
    pay attention to my cry,
        and do not ignore my tears.
I am an alien in your presence,
    a stranger just like my ancestors were.
¹³Stop looking at me with chastisement,^[a] so I can smile again,
    before I depart and am no more.