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my rock[a] and my fortress,
    my stronghold and my deliverer,
my shield, in whom I take refuge,
    who subdues the peoples[b] under me.

O Lord, what are human beings that you regard them,
    or mortals that you think of them?
They are like a breath;
    their days are like a passing shadow.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 144:2 With 18.2 and 2 Sam 22.2: Heb my steadfast love
  2. Psalm 144:2 Heb Mss Syr Aquila Jerome: MT my people

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