what is a human being that you remember him,
a son of man[a] that you look after him?(A)
You made him little less than God[b][c]
and crowned him with glory and honor.
You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:(B)
all the sheep and oxen,
as well as the animals in the wild,
the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea
that pass through the currents of the seas.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:4 Or a mere mortal
  2. 8:5 LXX reads angels
  3. 8:5 Or heavenly beings; Hb Elohim

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

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

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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?
  2. Psalm 8:5 Or him
  3. Psalm 8:5 Or than God
  4. Psalm 8:5 Or him
  5. Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his