⁴ what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?^[a](A)

⁵ You have made them^[b] a little lower than the angels^[c](B)
    and crowned them^[d] with glory and honor.^(C)
6 You made them rulers^(D) over the works of your hands;^(E)
    you put everything under their^[e] feet:^(F)
7 all flocks and herds,^(G)
    and the animals of the wild,^(H)
8 the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,^(I)
    all that swim the paths of the seas.

¹⁸ In that day I will make a covenant for them
    with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
    and the creatures that move along the ground.^(A)
Bow and sword and battle
    I will abolish^(B) from the land,
    so that all may lie down in safety.^(C)

²² You will laugh^(A) at destruction and famine,^(B)
    and need not fear the wild animals.^(C)
23 For you will have a covenant^(D) with the stones^(E) of the field,
    and the wild animals will be at peace with you.^(F)