I told the LORD, "You are my master, I have nothing good apart from you."

I was as silent as a mute person; I said nothing, not even something good, and my distress deepened.

Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.

Look, you have made my life span fit in your hand; It is nothing compared to yours. Surely every person at their best is a puff of wind. Interlude