2My mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdueth my people under me!
3Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him, the son of man, that thou takest thought of him?
4Man is like to vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
5Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke;