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

O Lord, (F)what is man that you (G)regard him,
    or the son of man that you think of him?
(H)Man is like a breath;
    his days are like (I)a passing (J)shadow.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 144:2 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Dead Sea Scroll, Jerome, Syriac, Aquila; most Hebrew manuscripts subdues my people

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