"LORD, make me to know my end and what
is the extent of my days; let me know how transient I am. 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.
Surely every man walks about as a
phantom; surely they make an uproar for nothing; he amasses riches and
does not know who will gather them.
And now LORD, for what do I wait? My
hope is in You. Deliver me from my transgressions; make me not the
reproach of the foolish."
King David, Psalm 39:4-8