When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me.

But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope!

Then I said, “I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive.

This is the Lord’s work. We consider it amazing!

מ (Mem) O how I love your law! All day long I meditate on it.

Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for I am always aware of them.

“O Lord, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass!