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Psalms 8:4
4what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
Psalms 8:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
- English Standard Version (ESV)what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?
- New King James Version (NKJV)What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?
- New Living Translation (NLT)what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?
Context of Psalms 8:4
2Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. 3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? 5You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. 6You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet:
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מָֽה־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי־תִזְכְּרֶ֑נּוּ וּבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם כִּ֣י תִפְקְדֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 8:4
- Psalms 144:3Lord, what are human beings that you care for them, mere mortals that you think of them?
- 2 Chronicles 6:18“But will God really dwell on earth with humans? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!
- Job 7:17“What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention,
- Job 25:6how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot— a human being, who is only a worm!”
- Isaiah 40:17Before him all the nations are as nothing; they are regarded by him as worthless and less than nothing.
- Hebrews 2:6But there is a place where someone has testified: “What is mankind that you are mindful of them, a son of man that you care for him?
- Psalms 4:2How long will you people turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods?
- Psalms 80:17Let your hand rest on the man at your right hand, the son of man you have raised up for yourself.
- Psalms 146:3Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.
- Isaiah 51:12“I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mere mortals, human beings who are but grass,
- Ezekiel 8:15He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this.”
- Matthew 8:20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
- Psalms 106:4Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,
- Genesis 21:1Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised.
- Exodus 4:31and they believed. And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.
- Luke 1:68“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
Commentaries on Psalms 8:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4What is man - אנוש מה mah enosh, what is wretched, miserable man; man in his fallen state, full of infirmity, ignorance, and sin? That thou art mindful of him? - That thou settest thy heart upon him, keepest him continually in thy merciful view. And the son of man - אדם ובן uben Adam, and the son of Adam, the first great rebel; the fallen child of a fallen parent. See the note on Job 7:17. Some think eminent men are here intended. What is man in common…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4What is man - What claim has one so weak, and frail, and short-lived, to be remembered by time? What is there in man that entitles him to so much notice? Why has God conferred on him so signal honor? Why has he placed him over the works of his hands? Why has he made so many arrangements for his comfort? Why has he done so much to save him? He is so insignificant his life is so much like a vapor, he so soon disappears, he is so sinful and polluted, that…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. 4son of man (literally son of Adam): This means "a human being." Through the influence of Daniel 7:13–14, son of man became a title with divine meaning in the New Testament. See Hebrews 2:6–8, where this passage is quoted.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. The allusion to the magnificence of the visible heavens is introduced for the purpose of illustrating God's condescension, who, though the mighty Creator of these glorious worlds of light, makes man the object of regard and recipient of favor.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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