“Lord, let me know my [life’s] end
And [to appreciate] the extent of my days;
Let me know how frail I am [how transient is my stay here].

I am depressed, so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan, from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

"This shall be my rest; here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein.

"Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others."

This collection of the prayers of David son of Jesse ends here.

Then I said, "Here I am! I have come! In the scroll of the book it is written about me.

Therefore his people return to this place,
And waters of abundance [offered by the irreverent] are [blindly] drunk by them.

For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.

I mention Rahab and Babylon to my followers. Here are Philistia and Tyre, along with Ethiopia. It is said of them, "This one was born there."

The children of your servants will settle down here, and their descendants will live securely in your presence."

Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large.

The ships travel there, and over here swims the whale you made to play in it.

A psalm of David. Here is the Lord's proclamation to my lord: "Sit down at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool!"

They have almost destroyed me here on the earth, but I do not reject your precepts.

Here's how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.