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13 Now, our God, we thank you,
    and we praise your glorious name!
14 All these things didn’t come from me and my people.
    All these things come from you.
    We are only giving back to you things that came from you.
15 We are only strangers traveling through this world
    like our ancestors.
Our time on earth is like a passing shadow,
    and we cannot stop it.

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13 Now, our God, we give you thanks,
    and praise your glorious name.

14 “But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this?(A) Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.(B) 15 We are foreigners and strangers(C) in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow,(D) without hope.

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