^3 (B)Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
^4 (C)Man is like a breath;
^(D)His days are like a passing shadow.

^5 (E)Bow down Your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
^(F)Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
^6 (G)Flash forth lightning and scatter them;
Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.
⁷ Stretch out Your hand from above;
Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters,
From the hand of foreigners,
⁸ Whose mouth ^(H)speaks ^[b]lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

⁹ I will ^(I)sing a new song to You, O God;
On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
¹⁰ The One who gives ^[c]salvation to kings,
^(J)Who delivers David His servant
From the deadly sword.

¹¹ Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood—
¹² That our sons may be ^(K)as plants grown up in their youth;
That our daughters may be as ^[d]pillars,
Sculptured in palace style;
¹³ That our barns may be full,
Supplying all kinds of produce;
That our sheep may bring forth thousands
And ten thousands in our fields;
¹⁴ That our oxen may be well laden;
That there be no ^[e]breaking in or going out;
That there be no outcry in our streets.
^15 (L)Happy are the people who are in such a state;
Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!