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The armed king pauses at a passing shadow and visible breath, aware of human smallness.
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Psalms 144:3-4

his days are like a passing shadow

trains my hands for battle, my fingers for war · Psalms 144

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3Yahweh, what is man that you know him, the son of man that you think of him?

4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

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