Psalms 8:4
+ 8:4 Heb 2:6-9 What is man, that you are mindful of him? or the son of man, that you visit him? 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
In Context
5You made him a little less than angels, you have crowned him with glory and honor; 1
Cross References
Genesis 1:1In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 19:35So they made their father drink wine in that night also, and the younger went in and slept with her father, and he knew not when he slept, nor when he arose.
Exodus 4:31and the people believed and rejoiced, because God visited the children of Israel, and because he saw their affliction: and the people bowed and worshipped.
Job 7:17For what is man, that you have magnified him? or that you give heed to him?
Psalms 4:2O you⌃ sons of men, how long will you⌃ be + 4:2 Lit. heavy of heart. slow of heart? therefore do you⌃ love vanity, and seek falsehood? Pause. 1
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 →