17 “What is mankind that you make so much of them,

that you give them so much attention,

17 What is man, that you make so much of him,

and that you set your heart on him,

17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? And that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

17 “What are people, that you should make so much of us,

that you should think of us so often?

17 “What is man, that You should exalt him,

That You should set Your heart on him,

17 “Why do you make people so important

and give them so much attention?

17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him,

And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

17 What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?

17 “What is a mortal that you should make so much of him, 

that you should be concerned about him? 

17 What is man, that You think so highly of him

and pay so much attention to him?

17 What are human beings, that you make so much of them,

that you set your mind on them,

17 “What is a human being that you make him great

and that you fix your mind on him,

17 “What are human beings that you think so much of them?

What are they that you pay so much attention to them?