3 O Lord, what are humans that you should care about them?What are mere mortals that you should think about them?
4 Humans are like a breath of air.Their life span is like a fleeting shadow.
5 O Lord, bend your heaven low, and come down.Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
6 Hurl bolts of lightning, and scatter them.Shoot your arrows, and throw them into confusion.
7 Stretch out your hands from above.Snatch me, and rescue me from raging watersand from foreigners’ hands.
8 Their mouths speak lies.Their right hands take false pledges.
9 O God, I will sing a new song to you.I will sing a psalm to you on a ten-stringed harp.