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Psalms 144:3

144:2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. My goodness: or, My mercy
LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

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Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?

Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! or the son of man, that you make account of him!

144:4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

What does Psalms 144:3 mean?

Psalms 144:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), אָדָם (ʼâdâm), יָדַע (yâdaʻ).

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LORD,יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
what
is
man,אָדָםʼâdâm/aw-dawm'/H120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
that
thou
takest
knowledgeיָדַעyâdaʻ/yaw-dah'/H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
of
him!
or
the
sonבֵּןbên/bane/H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
of
man,אֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwsh/en-oshe'/H582a man in general (singly or collectively)
that
thou
makest
accountחָשַׁבchâshab/khaw-shab'/H2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
of
him!

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Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

2 Chronicles 19:6

And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment. in: Heb. in the matter of judgment

Ecclesiastes 6:10

That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

Exodus 38:23

And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

Genesis 17:27

And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

Isaiah 33:8

The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

Jonah 4:11

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

Judges 18:7

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. magistrate: Heb. possessor, or, heir of restraint

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What does Psalms 144:3 say?

Psalms 144:3 (King James Version) reads: "LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!"

Is Psalms 144:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 144:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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