⁹ for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,^(A)
    and our days on earth are but a shadow.^(B)

² They spring up like flowers^(A) and wither away;^(B)
    like fleeting shadows,^(C) they do not endure.^(D)

¹² But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;^(A)
    your renown endures^(B) through all generations.^(C)