Psalms 8:5
What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you visit him?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
In Context
6You reduced him to a little less than the Angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor,
Cross References
Genesis 2:7And then the Lord God formed man from the clay of the earth, and he breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
Job 4:18Behold, those who serve him are not steadfast, and in his angels he finds imperfection.
Psalms 21:3My God, I will cry out by day, and you will not heed, and by night, and it will not be foolishness for me.
Psalms 45:6God is in its midst; it will not be shaken. God will assist it in the early morning.
Psalms 103:20You appointed darkness, and it has become night; all the beasts of the forest will cross through it.
John 13:31Then, when he had gone out, Jesus said: “Now the Son of man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 8:4-9
Condescension of God. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of… Read the whole commentary →