Psalm 39:6-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 To be sure, you establish the expanse of my days;
indeed, my life is as nothing before you.
Every man is but a breath.(A)
Selah
III
7 Man goes about as a mere phantom;
they hurry about, although in vain;
he heaps up stores without knowing for whom.
Psalm 144:4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Job 7:16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 I waste away: I will not live forever;(A)
let me alone, for my days are but a breath.
Wisdom 2:5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 For our lifetime is the passing of a shadow;
and our dying cannot be deferred
because it is fixed with a seal; and no one returns.(A)
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