Catholic Public Domain Version
"O Lord, what is man that you have become known to him? Or the son of man that you consider him? "
— Psalms 143:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.”
“For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead. ”
“For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.”
“Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.”
“Lord, what is man, that thou art made known to him? or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?”
“The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.”
“For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.”
A Psalm of David versus Goliath. Blessed is the Lord, my God, who trains my hands for the battle and my fingers for the war.
My mercy and my refuge, my supporter and my deliverer, my protector and him in whom I have hoped: he subdues my people under me.
O Lord, what is man that you have become known to him? Or the son of man that you consider him?
Man has been made similar to vanity. His days pass by like a shadow.
O Lord, incline your heavens and descend. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
Send a flash of lightning, and you will scatter them. Shoot your arrows, and you will set them in disarray.