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O Lord, of what importance is the human race,[a] that you should notice them?
Of what importance is mankind,[b] that you should be concerned about them?[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 144:3 tn Heb “What is mankind?” The singular noun אֱנוֹשׁ (ʾenosh) is used here in a collective sense and refers to the human race. See Ps 8:5.
  2. Psalm 144:3 tn Heb “and the son of man.” The phrase “son of man” is used here in a collective sense and refers to human beings. For other uses of the phrase in a collective or representative manner, see Num 23:19; Ps 146:3; Isa 51:12.
  3. Psalm 144:3 tn Heb “take account of him.” The two imperfect verbal forms in v. 4 describe God’s characteristic activity.

Lord, what are human beings(A) that you care for them,
    mere mortals that you think of them?

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

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