what is a human being that you remember him,
a son of man[a] that you look after him?(A)
You made him little less than God[b][c]
and crowned him with glory and honor.
You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:4 Or a mere mortal
  2. 8:5 LXX reads angels
  3. 8:5 Or heavenly beings; Hb Elohim

What is man, that thou art mindful of him?
And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
For thou hast made him but little lower than [a]God,
And crownest him with glory and honor.
Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
Thou hast put all things under his feet:

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:5 Or, the angels. Hebrew Elohim.