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II

[a]Lord, what is man that you take notice of him;
    the son of man, that you think of him?(A)
[b]Man is but a breath,
    his days are like a passing shadow.(B)
[c]Lord, incline your heavens and come down;
    touch the mountains and make them smoke.(C)
Flash forth lightning and scatter my foes;
    shoot your arrows and rout them.
Reach out your hand from on high;
    deliver me from the many waters;
    rescue me from the hands of foreign foes.

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Footnotes

  1. 144:3 Similar to Ps 8:4.
  2. 144:4 Composed of phrases from Ps 39:6; 102:12.
  3. 144:5–7 Adapted in large part from Ps 18:10, 15, 17; 104:32.

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)
Send forth lightning(G) and scatter(H) the enemy;
    shoot your arrows(I) and rout them.
Reach down your hand from on high;(J)
    deliver me and rescue me(K)
from the mighty waters,(L)
    from the hands of foreigners(M)

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