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My Chesed, and my Metzudah (Fortress); my Stronghold, and my Deliverer; my Mogen, and He in Whom I take refuge; Who subdueth my people under me.

Hashem, what is adam, that Thou takest knowledge of him! Or the ben enosh, that Thou takest account of him!

Adam is like hevel; his days are as a tzel 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