Psalms 39:5

5Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,
and amy lifetime is as nothing before you.
Surely ball mankind stands as a mere breath!  Selah

Psalms 144:4

4 cMan is like a breath;
his days are like da passing eshadow.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

12For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his fvain
The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
life, which he passes like ha shadow? For who can tell man what will be iafter him under the sun?

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