Psalms 8:5
You made him a little less than angels, you have crowned him with glory and honor; 1
LXX2012 (US English)
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
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
6and you have set him over the works of your hands: you have put all things under his feet: 1
Cross References
Genesis 2:7And God formed the man of dust of the earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life, + 2:7 1 Cor 15:45 and the man became a living soul.
Job 4:18Whereas he trust not in his servants, and perceives perverseness in his angels.
Psalms 21:3But you, the praise of Israel, dwell in a sanctuary. 1
Psalms 45:6The nations were troubled, the kingdoms tottered: he uttered his voice, the earth shook. 1
Psalms 103:20You did make darkness, and it was night; in it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad: 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 →