Psa 8:3-5 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Ps 8:3-5: 8:3-5 In light of God’s awesome glory, it might seem that people would be insignificant to him. However, he has crowned them with glory and honor and placed them over all creation. 8:3 The nations around Israel worshiped heavenly objects as deities. The sun, moon , and stars are indeed immense and glorious, but they are merely the work of your fingers, a reason to praise the Almighty.

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Summary for Ps 8:3-5: 8:3-5 ^a In light of God’s awesome glory, it might seem that people would be insignificant to him. However, he has crowned them with glory and honor and placed them over all creation. 8:3 ^b The nations around Israel worshiped heavenly objects as deities. The sun, moon, and stars are indeed immense and glorious, but they are merely the work of your fingers, a reason to praise the Almighty.
8:4 ^c human beings (literally son of Adam): The Hebrew idiom son of man (or son of Adam) means a human being. Through the influence of Dan 7:13-14 ^d, it became a title with divine overtones in the New Testament. See Heb 2:6-8 ^e, where this passage is quoted.
8:5 ^f Yet you made them only a little lower than God: Humans bear God’s image; the Lord has endowed humans with dignity and charged them to rule (Gen 1:26-27 ^g). Hebrews 2:6-8 ^h applies these words to Jesus Christ, the ideal human who fully realized God’s purposes.