2 You are my friend, my fortress,where I am safe.You are my shield,and you made me the rulerof our people.
3 Why do we humans mean anythingto you, our Lord?Why do you care about us?
4 We disappear like a breath;we last no longerthan a faint shadow.
5 Open the heavens like a curtainand come down, Lord.Touch the mountainsand make them send up smoke.
6 Use your lightning as arrowsto scatter my enemiesand make them run away.
7 Reach down from heavenand set me free.Save me from the mighty flood
8 of those lying foreignerswho never tell the truth.