Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

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Lord, what are human beings(A) that you care for them,
    mere mortals that you think of them?

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What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

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

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?

17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

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17 “What is mankind that you make so much of them,
    that you give them so much attention,(A)

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But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him?

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But there is a place where someone(A) has testified:

“What is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    a son of man that you care for him?(B)

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Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

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Do not put your trust in princes,(A)
    in human beings,(B) who cannot save.
When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;(C)
    on that very day their plans come to nothing.(D)

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14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

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14 “What are mortals, that they could be pure,
    or those born of woman,(A) that they could be righteous?(B)

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