“ My life passes more swiftly than a runner. It flees away without a glimpse of happiness.

“我的日子比跑信的更快，急速过去，不见福乐。

“我的日子比奔跑者更快，急速过去，不见福乐。

“我的日子比奔跑者更快，急速过去，不见福乐。

“我的年日比信差还快，匆匆而过，不见幸福。

我的日子过得比信差还快，飞快逝去，不见福乐。

我的日子比跑信的更快，急速過去，不見福樂。

「我的日子比奔跑者更快，急速過去，不見福樂。

「我的日子比奔跑者更快，急速過去，不見福樂。

「我的年日比信差還快，匆匆而過，不見幸福。

我的日子過得比信差還快，飛快逝去，不見福樂。

『我的日子比跑信的更快；它疾飛過去，不見福樂。

我日速於郵傳、趨而不見福祉、

日月逝矣、速於郵傳、流光已邁、我未見福之至也。

我日速逝、較驛卒而尤速、趨而不見福祉、

“ My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.

“ God, my days race by like a runner. They fly away without seeing any joy.

“ My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away; they see no good.

My days fly by faster than a runner; they flee without seeing any good.

“ Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.

“ Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.

Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good.

My days fly by faster than a runner; they flee without seeing any good.

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

“ My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.

“ Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good.

“ My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle. They end without hope.O God, remember that my life is but a breath, and I will never again feel happiness.

We live our lives beneath your wrath, ending our years with a groan.Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away.

How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog— it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.

You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath.” Interlude

Remember how short my life is, how empty and futile this human existence!

When you discipline us for our sins, you consume like a moth what is precious to us. Each of us is but a breath. Interlude

So urged on by the king’s command, the messengers rode out swiftly on fast horses bred for the king’s service. The same decree was also proclaimed in the fortress of Susa.