3 Lord, why are people important to you? Why do you even notice us?
4 Our life is like a puff of air. It is like a passing shadow.
5 Lord, tear open the skies and come down. Touch the mountains, and smoke will rise from them.
6 Send the lightning and make my enemies run away. Shoot your “arrows” and make them run away.
7 Reach down from heaven and save me! Don’t let me drown in this sea of enemies. Save me from these foreigners.
8 They are all liars, even when they swear to tell the truth.
9 God, I will sing a new song for you. I will play a ten-stringed harp and sing praise to you.