¹⁷ What `is' man that Thou dost magnify him? And that Thou settest unto him Thy heart?

⁶ and one in a certain place did testify fully, saying, `What is man, that Thou art mindful of him, or a son of man, that Thou dost look after him?

⁴ What `is' man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him?

³ Jehovah, what `is' man that Thou knowest him? Son of man, that Thou esteemest him?

¹⁴ `After whom hath the king of Israel come out? after whom art thou pursuing? -- after a dead dog! after one flea!

¹² A sea-`monster' am I, or a dragon, That thou settest over me a guard?

¹⁴ If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.

¹⁵ Expire doth all flesh together, And man to dust returneth.