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The human person is a mere empty breath;
    his days are like a fading shadow.

Bow your heavens, Lord, and descend;[a]
    touch the mountains, and they will smolder.
Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy,[b]
    shoot your arrows and confuse them.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 144:5 So MT (imperfect verb); LXX, DSS 11QPsa read and descend!; i.e. a verb of command
  2. Psalm 144:6 Lit. scatter them