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Psalm 144:3

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144:3O Lord, of what importance is the human race,7 that you should notice them?

Of what importance is mankind,8 that you should be concerned about them?9

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Footnotes

  1. 7 Heb “What is mankind?” The singular noun אֱנוֹשׁ (’enosh) is used here in a collective sense and refers to the human race. See Ps 8:5.
  2. 8 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. 9 Heb “take account of him.” The two imperfect verbal forms in v. 4 describe God’s characteristic activity.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

O Lord, what is man that you regard him,

or the son of man that you think of him?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Lord, what are human beings that you care for them,

mere mortals that you think of them?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Lord, what is a human that you care for him,

a son of man that you think of him?

NLTNew Living Translation

O Lord, what are human beings that you should notice them,

mere mortals that you should think about them?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

O Yahweh, what is humankind that you take knowledge of him,

or the son of man that you take thought of him?

KJV 1900King James Version

Lord, what is man, that thou Takest knowledge of him!

Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!