Psalms 143:1-4

¹A Psalm of David concerning Goliad. Blessed be the Lord my God, who instructs my hands for battle, and my fingers for war.

²My mercy, and my refuge; my helper, and my deliverer; my protector, in whom I have trusted; who subdues my people under me.

³Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him? or the son of man, that thou takest account of him?

⁴Man is like to vanity: his days pass as a shadow.