My life is almost finished,\par like the long shadows\par at the end of the day.\par I am like dry and dying grass.\par
Man’s life is like a flower. He grows quickly, and then dies away. Man’s life is like a shadow that is here for a short time, and then it is gone.
God hits me from every side\par until I am finished.\par He takes away my hope\par like a tree pulled up by the roots.\par
I feel like my life is over,\par like long shadows at the end of a day.\par I feel like a bug someone brushed away.\par
A person’s life is like a puff of air.\par A person’s life is like a passing shadow.\par
Who knows what is best for a person during his short life on earth? His life passes like a shadow. No one can tell him what will happen later.
I am a man that has seen much trouble.\par The Lord beat us with a stick.\par And I saw it happen!\par
Believers who are rich should be glad when bad things happen that make them humble. Why? Because even rich people will die as quickly as wild flowers:
You don’t know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a fog. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.
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