Psalm 144:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ Lord, ·why are people important to you [^Lwhat are people that you care about them]?
    ·Why do you even think about human beings [^LWhat are human beings that you think about them; 8:4]?
⁴ People are like ·a breath [vapor; 39:5, 11; 62:9; Eccl. 1:2];
    their ·lives [^Ldays] are like passing shadows [102:11; 109:23; Eccl. 6:12].

⁵ Lord, ·tear open [bend] the ·sky [heavens] and come down.
    Touch the mountains so they will smoke [18:9; Ex. 19:11, 18–19].