¹⁷ What is man, that you have made him great, and that your attention is fixed on him,

⁶ But a certain writer has given his witness, saying, What is man, that you keep him in mind? what is the son of man, that you take him into account?

⁴ What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

³ Lord, what is man, that you keep him in mind? or the son of man that you take him into account?

¹⁴ There is an old saying, From the evil-doer comes evil: but my hand will never be lifted up against you.

¹² Am I a sea, or a sea-beast, that you put a watch over me?

¹⁴ If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,

¹⁵ All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.