The eye has looked upon him, but shall not [see him] again; and his place shall no longer perceive him.

Yet I passed by, and lo! He was not; and I sought him, but his place was not found.

And You have placed my foot in the stocks, and You have watched all my works, and have penetrated my heels.

Have You not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before You?

You chasten man with rebukes for iniquity, and You make his life to consume away like a spider's web; nay, every man is disquieted in vain. Pause.

You have set our transgressions before You; our age is in the light of Your countenance.

For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in Your wrath; our years have spun out their tale as a spider.