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When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers,
    the moon and stars that you set in place—
[a]What is man that you are mindful of him,(A)
    and a son of man that you care for him?(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:5 Man…a son of man: the emphasis is on the fragility and mortality of human beings to whom God has given great dignity.

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)

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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