⁴ “Show me, Lord, my life’s end
    and the number of my days;^(A)
    let me know how fleeting^(B) my life is.^(C)
5 You have made my days^(D) a mere handbreadth;
    the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,^(E)
    even those who seem secure.^[a]

⁷ “But now, Lord, what do I look for?
    My hope is in you.^(A)
8 Save me^(B) from all my transgressions;^(C)
    do not make me the scorn^(D) of fools.

¹² “Hear my prayer, Lord,
    listen to my cry for help;^(A)
    do not be deaf^(B) to my weeping.^(C)
I dwell with you as a foreigner,^(D)
    a stranger,^(E) as all my ancestors were.^(F)

¹² “Hear my prayer, Lord,
    listen to my cry for help;^(A)
    do not be deaf^(B) to my weeping.^(C)
I dwell with you as a foreigner,^(D)
    a stranger,^(E) as all my ancestors were.^(F)