Psalms 8:3-4

3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?^[a]

Psalms 8:3-4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 8:3-4 In-Context

1 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.

2 Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?

5 You have made them a little lower than the angelsand crowned them with glory and honor.

6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet:

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 15:5; S Deuteronomy 10:14; Psalms 89:11
• 2. S Exodus 8:19; S 1 Chronicles 16:26; S 2 Chronicles 2:12; Psalms 102:25
• 3. S Genesis 1:16; 1 Corinthians 15:41; Psalms 136:9
• 4. S 1 Chronicles 29:14; Job 7:17; Psalms 144:3; Hebrews 2:6

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "what is a human being that you are mindful of him," / "a son of man that you care for him?"