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Lord, why is man important to you?
    Why do you even think about a human being?
A man is like a breath.
    His life is like a passing shadow.

Lord, tear open the sky and come down.
    Touch the mountains so they will smoke.

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Lord, what are human beings(A) that you care for them,
    mere mortals that you think of them?
They are like a breath;(B)
    their days are like a fleeting shadow.(C)

Part your heavens,(D) Lord, and come down;(E)
    touch the mountains, so that they smoke.(F)

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