(A)What is man that You [a]take thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?
Yet You have made him a (B)little lower than [b]God,
And (C)You crown him with (D)glory and majesty!
You make him to (E)rule over the works of Your hands;
You have (F)put all things under his feet,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:4 Or remember him
  2. Psalm 8:5 Or the angels; Heb Elohim

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)
You made them rulers(D) over the works of your hands;(E)
    you put everything under their[e] feet:(F)

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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
  5. Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his