I am passinglike a shadowwhen it lengthens;I am shakenofflike the locust.
"For we are sojournersbeforeYou, and tenants,as allour fatherswere; our dayson the earthare like a shadow,and thereis nohope.
"Like a flowerhe comesforthand withers.He also fleeslike a shadowand does not remain.
But You, O LORD,abideforever,And Your nameto allgenerations.
Manis likea merebreath;His daysare like a passingshadow.
So Mosesstretchedout his staffoverthe landof Egypt,and the LORDdirectedan eastwindon the landallthat dayand allthat night;and when it was morning,the eastwindbroughtthe locusts.
So the LORDshifted[the wind] to a verystrongwestwindwhich tookup the locustsand drovethem into the RedSea;not onelocustwas leftin allthe territoryof Egypt.
For whoknowswhatis goodfor a manduring [his] lifetime,[during] the fewyearsof his futilelife?He will spendthem like a shadow.For whocan tella manwhatwill be afterhim underthe sun?
But it will not be wellfor the evilmanand he will not lengthenhis dayslike a shadow,becausehe does not fearGod.
Yetyou do not knowwhatyour lifewill be like tomorrow.You are [just] a vaporthat appearsfor a little whileand thenvanishes away.
