Psalms 144:3 - Compare All Versions
Psalms 144:3-4 MSG (The Message)
I wonder why you care, GOD— why do you bother with us at all? All we are is a puff of air; we’re like shadows in a campfire.
Psalms 144:3 KJV (King James Version)
LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
Psalms 144:3 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
O LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You think of him?
Psalms 144:3 NCV (New Century Version)
LORD, why are people important to you? Why do you even think about human beings?
Psalms 144:3 ASV (American Standard Version)
Jehovah, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?
Psalms 144:3 NIV (New International Version)
LORD, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?
Psalms 144:3 NKJV (New King James Version)
LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
Psalms 144:3 AMP (Amplified Bible)
LORD, what is man that You take notice of him? Or the son of man that You think of him? [Job 7:17; Ps 8:4; Heb 2:6]
Psalms 144:3 NLT (New Living Translation)
O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them?
Psalms 144:3 TPT (The Passion Translation)
Lord, what is it about us that you would even notice us? Why do you even bother with us?
Psalms 144:3 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
O LORD, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?