144:4 People 1 are like a vapor,
their days like a shadow that disappears. 2
[144:4] 1 tn Heb “man,” or “mankind.”
[144:4] 2 tn Heb “his days [are] like a shadow that passes away,” that is, like a late afternoon shadow made by the descending sun that will soon be swallowed up by complete darkness. See Ps 102:11.
