“Hear my prayer!
Yahweh!
Give ear to my cry!
Do not hold your peace at my tears!
I am your passing guest
An alien,
Like all my forbearers.
Turn your gaze away from me!
Then I can smile again
Before I depart.
Then I am no more!”
The psalmist concluded this psalm by once again asking Yahweh to hear his prayer. He wanted the ear of Yahweh to hear his crying. On this earth, he was nothing but an alien, a passing guest, just like his forefathers. He wanted Yahweh to turn his gaze away so that he could smile again before he departed into nothingness since he would be no more.