TSK · Psalms 39:5

Barzillai replied to the king,“How many days do I have left to my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

Renewed Complaint“My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.

You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor.(Selah)

Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?

Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.

People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.

Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, I concluded:“All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless– like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained from them on earth.”

You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.