A puff of wind

When I read this beautiful Psalm, Dixi, Custodian, I think of my days studying physical anthropology and homo erectus:

"truly, even those who stand erect are but a puff of wind." (Psalm 39:6)

The Psalmist continues "we heap up riches and cannot tell who will gather them."

No, I do not intend to be gloomy.  There is a comfort in knowing that the Psalms account for our existence, that Scripture has this unmistakeable knowledge of who we are.

Image of homo erectus tautavelensis from Wikimedia Commons.