for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,(A)
    and our days on earth are but a shadow.(B)

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(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

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For (A)we were born yesterday, and know [a]nothing,
Because our days on earth are a shadow.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:9 Lit. not

For we are but of yesterday and know nothing,
    for our days on earth are (A)a shadow.

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12 “Hear my prayer, Lord,
    listen to my cry for help;(A)
    do not be deaf(B) to my weeping.(C)
I dwell with you as a foreigner,(D)
    a stranger,(E) as all my ancestors were.(F)

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12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

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12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, (A)as all my fathers were.

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12 (A)“Hear my prayer, O Lord,
    and give ear to my cry;
    hold not your peace at my tears!
For I am (B)a sojourner with you,
    (C)a guest, like all my fathers.

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