⁴ what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
    human beings that you should care for them?^[a]

³ O Lord, what are human beings that you should notice them,
    mere mortals that you should think about them?

¹⁷ “What are people, that you should make so much of us,
    that you should think of us so often?

“What are mere mortals that you should think about them,
    or a son of man^[a] that you should care for him?
⁷ Yet for a little while you made them a little lower than the angels
    and crowned them with glory and honor.^[b]
8 You gave them authority over all things.”^[c]

³ Don’t put your confidence in powerful people;
    there is no help for you there.

⁶⁸ “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel,
    because he has visited and redeemed his people.

¹⁷ Strengthen the man you love,
    the son of your choice.

⁶ In comparison, people are maggots;
    we mortals are mere worms.”