My lovingkindness and (A)my fortress,
My (B)stronghold and my deliverer,
My (C)shield and He in whom I take refuge,
Who (D)subdues [a]my people under me.
O Lord, (E)what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You think of him?
(F)Man is like a mere breath;
His (G)days are like a passing shadow.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 144:2 Another reading is peoples

He is my loving God and my fortress,(A)
    my stronghold(B) and my deliverer,
my shield,(C) in whom I take refuge,
    who subdues peoples[a](D) under me.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 144:2 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Jerome and Syriac; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text subdues my people

My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

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