“Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.

“With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity;
You consume as a moth what is precious to him;
Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah.

In God, whose word I praise,
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not be afraid.
What can mere man do to me?

The Lord knows the thoughts of man,
That they are a mere breath.

Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a passing shadow.