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!”