Psalms 8:4-5

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

5 You have made them^[b] a little lower than the angels^[c]and crowned them^[d] with glory and honor.

Psalms 8:4-5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 8:4-5 In-Context

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:

7 all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild,

Cross References

• 1. S 1 Chronicles 29:14; Job 7:17; Psalms 144:3; Hebrews 2:6
• 2. S Genesis 1:26
• 3. Psalms 21:5; Psalms 103:4

Footnotes

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