³ Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

⁴ What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

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

⁶ 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?

³ Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

⁴ His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

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