Holy Scripture
Psalms 39:5
A church father on this verse
“Such, brothers, is our life, we whose existence is so transitory. Such is the game we play on earth: we do not exist, and we are born, and being born we are dissolved. We are a fleeting dream, an apparition without substance, the flight of a bird that passes, a ship that leaves no trace on the sea. We are dust, a vapo…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
5Blessed is the man whose hope is the name of the Lord, And who has not regarded vanities and false frenzies.
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In context
3And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, And from miry clay: And he set my feet on a rock, And ordered my goings aright.
4And he put a new song into my mouth, Even a hymn to our God: Many shall see it, and fear, And shall hope in the Lord.
— Psalms 39:5 —
6O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, And in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: I declared and spoke of them: they exceeded number.
7Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; But a body hast thou prepared me: Whole burnt offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require.