Behold, You have made my days as a handbreadth, and my age is as nothing before You. Surely every man, even though standing tall, is total vanity. Selah.

Surely every man walks about like a shadow! Surely they are stirred up in vain. He heaps up the produce, and does not know who shall gather it.

Surely the sons of men are a vapor; men are a lie; if they were to climb up into the scales, they are altogether lighter than vapor.

Remember the time of life; why have you created the sons of men for vanity?

even moreso those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the grass!

Man who is born of woman is of few days, and full of turmoil.

And do You open Your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with Yourself?

Vanity of vanities, says the preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and striving of spirit.

Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.

My days are like a shadow that lengthens, and I am dried up like grass.

As for man, his days are like grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

And then the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place is noticed no more.

I am gone like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like a locust.

For we die the death and are like water poured on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away a soul; but has devised plans, so that His banished ones are not thrust away from Him.

For we are strangers and sojourners before You, as were all our fathers; our days on earth are as a shadow, and there is no hope.

for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.

But it shall not be well with the wicked, nor shall he prolong his days, which are like a shadow; because he does not fear before God.