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Psalms 8:4
what is man that You are mindful of him,
from How Majestic Is Your Name!, Psalms 8:1-9
What it says

What is man that God is mindful of him, or the son of man that God cares for him.

What it is doing

This verse voices the astonishment at human significance before cosmic grandeur.

In context

1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. 2From the mouths of children and infants 3When I behold Your heavens, 4what is man that You are mindful of him, 5You made him a little lower than the angels; 6You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; 7all sheep and oxen, 8the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, 9O LORD, our Lord,