For my days are consumed like smoke, And my bones are burned like a hearth.
whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
“From above He has sent fire into my bones, And it overpowered them; He has spread a net for my feet And turned me back; He has made me desolate And faint all the day.
But the wicked shall perish; And the enemies of the Lord, Like the splendor of the meadows, shall vanish. Into smoke they shall vanish away.
My skin grows black and falls from me; My bones burn with fever.
For my life is spent with grief, And my years with sighing; My strength fails because of my iniquity, And my bones waste away.
He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.
For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, Yet I do not forget Your statutes.
There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin.
Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.
For You are my rock and my fortress; Therefore, for Your name’s sake, Lead me and guide me.