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)

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3-4 I wonder why you care, God
    why do you bother with us at all?
All we are is a puff of air;
    we’re like shadows in a campfire.

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O Lord, (A)what is man that you (B)regard him,
    or the son of man that you think of him?
(C)Man is like a breath;
    his days are like (D)a passing (E)shadow.

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