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what are humans that you are mindful of them,
    mortals[a] that you care for them?(A)

Yet you have made them a little lower than God[b]
    and crowned them with glory and honor.(B)
You have given them dominion over the works of your hands;
    you have put all things under their feet,(C)

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  1. 8.4 Heb son of man
  2. 8.5 Or than the divine beings or angels

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