Psalms 8:5
For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and have crowned him with glory and honour.
Updated King James 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
4What is man, that you are mindful of him? and the son of man, that you visit him?
6You made him to have dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet:
Cross References
Genesis 2:7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Job 4:18Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
Psalms 21:3For you prevent him with the blessings of goodness: you set a crown of pure gold on his head.
Psalms 45:6Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of your kingdom is a right sceptre.
Psalms 103:20Bless the LORD, all of you his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
John 13:31Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is 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 →