Tree of Life Version
Psalms 8:5
5what is man, that You are mindful of him? And the son of man, that You care for him?
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
3Out of the mouths of babies and toddlers You established power, because of Your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. 4When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You established— what is man, that You are mindful of him? And the son of man, that You care for him? 6Yet You made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and majesty! 7You gave him dominion over the works of Your hands. You put all things under their feet:
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וַתְּחַסְּרֵ֣הוּ מְּ֭עַט מֵאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְכָב֖וֹד וְהָדָ֣ר תְּעַטְּרֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 8:5
- Psalms 103:20Bless Adonai, you angels of His: mighty in strength, performing His word, upon hearing the utterance of His word.
- Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness! Let them rule over the fish of the sea, over the flying creatures of the sky, over the livestock, over the whole earth, and over every crawling creature that crawls on the land.”
- Genesis 2:7Then Adonai Elohim formed the man out of the dust from the ground and He breathed into his nostrils a breath of life—so the man became a living being.
- 2 Samuel 14:29Then Absalom sent for Joab, in order to send him to the king, but he was unwilling to come to him. So he sent word again a second time, but he still would not come.
- Job 4:18If He puts no trust in His servants and accuses His angels of error,
- Philippians 2:7But He emptied Himself— taking on the form of a slave, becoming the likeness of men and being found in appearance as a man.
- Hebrews 2:7For a little while, You made him lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor.
- Hebrews 2:16For surely He is not concerned about angels, but about the seed of Abraham.
- Psalms 21:3You granted him his heart’s desire, and You did not withhold the request of his lips. Selah
- Psalms 45:1For the music director, according to “Lilies.” Of the sons of Korah, a contemplative song, a love song.
- John 13:31Then when Judah had gone out, Yeshua said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him!
- Ephesians 1:21He is far above any ruler, authority, power, leader, and every name that is named—not only in the olam ha-zeh but also in the olam ha-ba .
- Philippians 2:9For this reason God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name that is above every name,
- Hebrews 2:9But we see One who was made for a little while lower than the angels—namely, Yeshua. He is now crowned with glory and honor, because of the death He suffered so that, by the grace of God, He might taste death for everyone.
- 1 Peter 1:20He was chosen before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
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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