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Man is like to [a]vanity:
His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down:
Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them;
Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.

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  1. Psalm 144:4 Hebrew a breath.

They are like a breath;(A)
    their days are like a fleeting shadow.(B)

Part your heavens,(C) Lord, and come down;(D)
    touch the mountains, so that they smoke.(E)
Send forth lightning(F) and scatter(G) the enemy;
    shoot your arrows(H) and rout them.

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