17 “What(A) is man, that You should exalt him,
That You should set Your heart on 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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(A)What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You (B)visit[a] him?
For You have made him a little lower than [b]the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

(C)You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
(D)You have put all things under his feet,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:4 give attention to or care for
  2. Psalm 8:5 Heb. Elohim, God; LXX, Syr., Tg., Jewish tradition angels

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)

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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