what is man that You remember him,
the son of man that You look after him?(A)

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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?

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

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16 Pick up your lyre,
stroll through the city,
prostitute forgotten by men.
Play skillfully,
sing many a song,
and you will be thought of again.

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16 “Take up a harp, walk through the city,
    you forgotten prostitute;(A)
play the harp well, sing many a song,
    so that you will be remembered.”

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16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.

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