New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 8:5
Psalms 8:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
- New International Version (NIV)You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
Context of Psalms 8:5
3When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have set in place; 4What is man that You think of him, And a son of man that You are concerned about him? Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty! 6You have him rule over the works of Your hands; You have put everything under his feet, 7All sheep and oxen, And also the animals of the field,
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וַתְּחַסְּרֵ֣הוּ מְּ֭עַט מֵאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְכָב֖וֹד וְהָדָ֣ר תְּעַטְּרֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 8:5
- Psalms 103:20Bless the Lord, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word!
- Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.”
- Genesis 2:7Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living person.
- 2 Samuel 14:29Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but he would not come to him. So he sent word again a second time, but he would not come.
- Job 4:18He puts no trust even in His servants; And He accuses His angels of error.
- Philippians 2:7but emptied Himself by taking the form of a bond-servant and being born in the likeness of men.
- Hebrews 2:7You have made him for a little while lower than angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor;
- Hebrews 2:16For clearly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendants of Abraham.
- Psalms 21:3For You meet him with the blessings of good things; You set a crown of pure gold on his head.
- Psalms 45:1My heart is moved with a good theme; I address my verses to the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
- John 13:31Therefore when he had left, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him;
- Ephesians 1:21far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
- Philippians 2:9For this reason also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,
- Hebrews 2:9But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of His suffering death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
- 1 Peter 1:20For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you
Commentaries on Psalms 8:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels - The original is certainly very emphatic: מאלהים מעט ותחסרחו vattechasserchu meat meelohim, Thou hast lessened him for a little time from God. Or, Thou hast made him less than God for a little time. See these passages explained at large in the notes on Hebrews 2:6; (note), etc., which I need not repeat here.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For thou hast made him - Thou hast made man as such; that is, he was such in the original design of his creation, in the rank given him, and in the dominion conceded to him. The object here is to show the honor conferred on man, or to show how God has regarded and honored him; and the thought is, that in his original creation, though so insignificant as compared with the vast worlds over which God presides, he had given him a rank but little inferior to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-9Verses 3-9 We are to consider the heavens, that man thus may be directed to set his affections on things above. What is man, so mean a creature, that he should be thus honoured! so sinful a creature, that he should be thus favoured! Man has sovereign dominion over the inferior creatures, under God, and is appointed their lord. This refers to Christ. In He 2:6-8, the apostle, to prove the sovereign dominion of Christ, shows he is that Man, that Son of man…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5You made him a little lower than the angels: Humans bear God’s image. The Lord has given humans dignity and tasked them to rule (Genesis 1:26–27). Hebrews 2:6–8 applies these words to Jesus Christ, the ideal human who fully realized God’s purposes.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. God has placed man next in dignity to angels, and but a little lower, and has crowned him with the empire of the world. glory and honour--are the attributes of royal dignity (Psa 21:5; 45:3). The position assigned man is that described (Ge 1:26-28) as belonging to Adam, in his original condition, the terms employed in detailing the subjects of man's dominion corresponding with those there used. In a modified sense, in his present fallen state, man is…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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