Remember that my life is a breath! My eye is never again to see good.
And Yaʽ
“Please remember the word that You commanded Your servant Mosheh, saying, ‘If you trespass, I shall scatter you among the peoples,
Are not my days few? Then cease! Leave me alone, so that I brighten up a little,
Remember, please, that You have made me like clay. And would You turn me into dust again?
I have wasted away, I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
My days have become swifter than a runner – they have fled, they have not seen good.
“As but a shadow each one walks; They busy themselves, only in vain; He heaps up wealth, But knows not who gathers them.
Many are saying, “Who would show us good?” יהוה, lift up the light of Your face upon us.
Remember this: the enemy has reproached יהוה, And a foolish people has despised Your Name.
Arise, O Elohim, plead Your own cause, Remember how the foolish man reproaches You daily.
For He remembered that they were but flesh, A passing breath that does not return.
Please remember how short my time is; Why should you have created all the sons of men for naught?
יהוה, remember the reproach of Your servants, That I have borne in my bosom – Of all the many peoples,
You Yourself know, O יהוה. Remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on these who persecute me. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that for You I have suffered reproach.
when you do not know of tomorrow. For what is your life? For it is a vapour that appears for a little, and then disappears –