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

and that you set your heart on him,

18 visit him every morning

and test him every moment?

17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? And that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? 18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment?

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

that you should think of us so often?

18 For you examine us every morning

and test us every moment.

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

That You should set Your heart on him,

18 That You should visit him every morning,

And test him every moment?

17 “Why do you make people so important

and give them so much attention?

18 You examine them every morning

and test them every moment.

17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him,

And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning,

And try him every moment?

17 What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him? 18 And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?

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

that you should be concerned about him? 

18 ⸤What is he⸥ that you should inspect him every morning 

and examine him every moment? 

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

and pay so much attention to him?

18 You inspect him every morning,

and put him to the test every moment.

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

that you set your mind on them,

18 visit them every morning,

test them every moment?

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

and that you fix your mind on him,

18 so that you visit him every morning,

you test him every moment?

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

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

18 You check up on them every morning.

You put them to the test every moment.

17 “What is man that You magnify him,

And that You are concerned about him,

18 That You examine him every morning

And try him every moment?