Lord, what is a human that you care for him,
a son of man[a] that you think of him?(A)
A human is like a breath;
his days are like a passing shadow.(B)

Lord, part your heavens and come down.(C)
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.(D)
Flash your lightning and scatter the foe;[b]
shoot your arrows and rout them.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 144:3 Or a mere mortal
  2. 144:6 Lit scatter them

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