Then I passed by and noticed he was gone;
I searched for him, but he could not be found.

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam. When he fled before Saul into the cave.Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me,
for I take refuge in You.
I will seek refuge in the shadow of Your wings
until danger passes.

things we have heard and known
and that our fathers have passed down to us.

He remembered that they were only flesh,
a wind that passes and does not return.

For in Your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.

when the wind passes over it, it vanishes,
and its place is no longer known.