Psalms 144:3

3 LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?

Psalms 144:3 in Other Translations

KJV
3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
ESV
3 O LORD, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?
NLT
3 O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them?
MSG
3 I wonder why you care, God - why do you bother with us at all?
CSB
3 Lord, what is man, that You care for him, the son of man, that You think of him?

Psalms 144:3 In-Context

1 Praise be to the LORD my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
2 He is my loving God and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
3 LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?
4 They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.
5 Part your heavens, LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Psalms 8:4; Hebrews 2:6
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