Yetyou do not knowwhatyour lifewill be like tomorrow.You are [just] a vaporthat appearsfor a little whileand thenvanishes away.
But Barzillaisaidto the king,"Howlonghave I yet to live,that I should goup with the kingto Jerusalem?
For my dayshave beenconsumedin smoke,And my boneshave been scorchedlike a hearth.
Manis likea merebreath;His daysare like a passingshadow.
"Behold,You have mademy days[as] handbreadths,And my lifetimeas nothingin Your sight;Surelyeverymanat his bestis a merebreath.Selah.
Thus He rememberedthat they were but flesh,A windthat passesand does not return.
Rememberwhatmy spanof lifeis; For whatvanityYou have createdallthe sonsof men!
Do not boastabout tomorrow,For you do not knowwhata daymay bringforth.
Stopregardingman,whosebreath[of life] is in his nostrils;For whyshould he be esteemed?
"Like a shepherd'stentmy dwellingis pulledup and removedfrom me; As a weaverI rolledup my life.He cutsme offfrom the loom;From dayuntilnightYou makean endof me.
and the rich man[is to glory] in his humiliation,becauselikefloweringgrasshe will pass away.
For, "ALLFLESHIS LIKEGRASS,AND ALLITS GLORYLIKETHE FLOWEROF GRASS.THE GRASSWITHERS,AND THE FLOWERFALLS OFF,
The endof all thingsis near;therefore,be of sound judgmentand sober[spirit] for the purpose of prayer.
The worldis passing away,and [also] its lusts;but the one who doesthe willof Godlivesforever.
