My days race by, not one of them good.

My years are passing now, and I walk the road of no return.

My days have passed; my plans have failed; my hope is gone.

You carry us away like a flood; we last no longer than a dream. We are like weeds that sprout in the morning,

that grow and burst into bloom, then dry up and die in the evening.

My life is like the evening shadows; I am like dry grass.

As for us, our life is like grass. We grow and flourish like a wild flower;

then the wind blows on it, and it is gone--- no one sees it again.

We are like a puff of wind; our days are like a passing shadow.

My life was cut off and ended, Like a tent that is taken down, Like cloth that is cut from a loom. I thought that God was ending my life.

All night I cried out with pain, As if a lion were breaking my bones. I thought that God was ending my life.

A voice cries out, "Proclaim a message!" "What message shall I proclaim?" I ask. "Proclaim that all human beings are like grass; they last no longer than wild flowers.

Grass withers and flowers fade when the LORD sends the wind blowing over them. People are no more enduring than grass.

The sun rises with its blazing heat and burns the plant; its flower falls off, and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way the rich will be destroyed while they go about their business.

You don't even know what your life tomorrow will be! You are like a puff of smoke, which appears for a moment and then disappears.

As the scripture says, "All human beings are like grass, and all their glory is like wild flowers. The grass withers, and the flowers fall,

What strength do I have to keep on living? Why go on living when I have no hope?

Where is there any hope for me? Who sees any?

Wicked people bring about their own downfall by their evil deeds, but good people are protected by their integrity.

Israel, don't wear your feet out, or let your throat become dry from chasing after other gods. But you say, 'No! I can't turn back. I have loved foreign gods and will go after them.' "

At that time you were apart from Christ. You were foreigners and did not belong to God's chosen people. You had no part in the covenants, which were based on God's promises to his people, and you lived in this world without hope and without God.

So then, have your minds ready for action. Keep alert and set your hope completely on the blessing which will be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.