Col. 1:4
since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints
Psalm 39:6-13
Surely a man goes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing[a] they are in turmoil;
man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
7
“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
My hope is in you.
8
Deliver me from all my transgressions.
Do not make me the scorn of the fool!
9
I am mute; I do not open my mouth,
for it is you who have done it.
10
Remove your stroke from me;
I am spent by the hostility of your hand.
11
When you discipline a man
with rebukes for sin,
you consume like a moth what is dear to him;
surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah
12
“Hear my prayer, O Lord,
and give ear to my cry;
hold not your peace at my tears!
For I am a sojourner with you,
a guest, like all my fathers.
13
Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more!”