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Psalm 144:2-4
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2 You are my friend, my fortress,
    where I am safe.
You are my shield,
and you made me the ruler
    of our people.[a]

3 (A) Why do we humans mean anything
to you, our Lord?
    Why do you care about us?
4 We disappear like a breath;
we last no longer
    than a faint shadow.

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  1. 144.2 of our people: Some Hebrew manuscripts and ancient translations have “of the nations.”
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Psalm 144:2-4
New International Version

2 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.

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

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  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
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