Man has been made similar to vanity. His days pass by like a shadow.
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed and faints within me [wrapped in gloom]; my heart within my bosom grows numb.
My spirit is weak inside me— inside, my mind is numb.
Man is like to vanity: his days pass away like a shadow.
Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.
You encroach upon the orphan, and you strive to undermine your friend.
To David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and bless his holy name, all that is within me.
Do good, O Lord, to the good and to the upright of heart.
For the enemy has pursued my soul. He has lowered my life to the earth. He has stationed me in darkness, like the dead of ages past.
And my spirit has been in anguish over me. My heart within me has been disturbed.
In God, I will praise my words. In God, I have put my trust. I will not fear what flesh can do to me.
Will my soul not be subject to God? For from him is my salvation.
We have heard and known such great things, as our fathers have described to us.
so that another generation might know them, and so that the sons, who will be born and who will grow up, shall describe them to their sons.
and so his sweat became like drops of blood, running down to the ground.