He is my goodness and my fortress, my tower and [a]my deliverer, my shield and in him I trust, [b]which subdueth my people under me.

Lord, what is man that thou [c]regardest him! or the son of man that thou thinkest upon him?

Man is like to vanity; his days are like a shadow that vanisheth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 144:2 Hebrew, my deliverer unto me: for the Prophet cannot satisfy himself with any words.
  2. Psalm 144:2 He confesseth that neither by his own authority, power or policy his kingdom was quiet, but by the secret grace of God.
  3. Psalm 144:3 To give unto God just praise, is to confess ourselves to be unworthy of so excellent benefits, and that he bestoweth them upon us of his free mercy.

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