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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 notice of him? Or the son of man that Thou makest account of him?

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

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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