Psa 8:5-8 | TNotes | STEP | 8:5 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 ). Hebrews 2:6-8 applies these words to Jesus Christ, the ideal human who fully realized God’s purposes.

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e1 Cor 15:25-27►

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‏ Psalms 8:5-8

8:5 ^a 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 ^b). Hebrews 2:6-8 ^c applies these words to Jesus Christ, the ideal human who fully realized God’s purposes.
8:6 ^d gave them charge of everything: The psalmist is still referring to humans in general. Paul applies these words to Jesus as the perfect man who has made the created order—even death (1 Cor 15:25-27 ^e)—subject to God and his glory. The New Testament connects these themes of creation and salvation with Jesus Christ (John 1:1-2 ^f, 14 ^g; Col 1:16 ^h).
Summary for Ps 8:7-8: 8:7-8 ⁱ Wild animals, including birds and fish, remind readers of God’s creation of the animal world in Gen 1 ^j. Contrary to beliefs among Israel’s neighbors in the ancient Near East, animals are not sacred.