Psalms 8:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? ”

Psalms 8:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What is man - What claim has one so weak, and frail, and short-lived, to be remembered by time? What is there in man that entitles him to so much notice? Why has God conferred on him so signal ho...
Psalms 8:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

What is (b) man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? (b) It was sufficient for him to have set forth his glory by the heavens, though he had not come so low as...
Psalms 8:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

VIII. A Nature Psalm. Psalms 8:1 f. The majesty of God. In Matthew 2 defies the rudiments of Heb. grammar and all attempt at translation. Of many emendations the following is the most ingenious...
Psalms 8:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

What... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. Quoted in Hebrews 2:5-8 . Compare 1 Corinthians 15:27 and Ephesians 1:22 . man . mortal man. Hebrew. 'enosh. mindful... visitest. Figure of...
Psalms 8:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? What is man - מה אנוש mah enosh, what is wretched, miserable man; man in his fallen state, full of infirmity, ig...
Psalms 8:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

What is man—and the son of man?— Bishop Patrick, in his preface to the Paraphrase on the Psalms, has made a remark which we here subjoin, as it gives light to this, and several other passages of Sc...
Psalms 8:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? How condescending that the Creator of such glorious luminaries ( Psalms 8:3 ) should stoop to make man [l...
Psalms 8:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Man... son of man... — The first, possibly, with suggestion of frailty; the second to his life derived from human ancestry. The answer to this question must always touch the two poles, of human fra...
Psalms 8:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 8:1-9 THE exclamation which begins and ends this psalm, enclosing it as a jewel in a setting, determines its theme as being neither the nightly heaven with all its stars, nor the dignity of...
Psalms 8:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a great song of worship. It opens and closes with the same words. These words enclose the psalm, and create its burden. The matters between are proofs of the opening and closing statements. T...
Psalms 8:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Psalmist is here lost in admiration. He contemplates the heavenly bodies, those bright luminaries the moon and the stars. He doth not notice the sun; probably it was night when this meditation on...
Psalms 8:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

GOD MINDFUL OF MAN ‘What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou visitest him?’ Psalms 8:4 I. The thought which lies behind this text is of far deeper intensity n...
Psalms 8:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

What is man, that thou art mindful of him ?.... That is, the psalmist, while he was considering the greatness and glory of the celestial bodies, thought this within himself, and so expressed it; whi...
Psalms 8:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? Ver. 4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? ] Sorry, sickly man, a mass of mortalities, a map of miser...
Psalms 8:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When I consider thy heavens Thine by creation, as it follows; the work of thy fingers Of thy hands , as it is expressed Psalms 102:25 , a part being here put for the whole, and God's hand and...
Psalms 8:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Condescension of God. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast o...
Psalms 8:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

What, i.e. how mean and inconsiderable a thing is man, if compared with thy glorious Majesty, who art so infinite in power and wisdom, as thou hast showed in the frame of the heavens, &c. Man,...
Psalms 8:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘When I consider the heavens, the work of your fingers, The moon and the stars which you have ordained, What is man ('enosh) that you are mindful of him? And the son of man (ben adam) that you vis...
Psalms 8:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This is a psalm of thanksgiving to God for the exaltation of man above all terrestrial creatures. It is quoted by the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews with reference to Christ; but...
Psalms 8:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 8:3-4 These words express a conviction which lies at the root of all natural as well as all revealed religion, a conviction which may be regarded as a distinctive feature, which separates t...
Psalms 8:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

8 : 1. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. They are very high, but thy glory is higher than the heavens. Psalms 8:2-4 ....
Psalms 8:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 8:1 . How excellent is thy name. See note on Proverbs 18:10 . Psalms 8:2 . Thou hast ordained strength. For some reason the LXX read αινον, praise. So our Saviour, it would seem, cit...
Psalms 8:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

How excellent is Thy name in all the earth! David’s poetical sensitiveness In all probability this Psalm is the first, or at all events one of the very first, David ever wrote. It breathes th...
Psalms 8:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Psalm VIII . is altogether a psalm of praise and thanksgiving. Its primary idea is the condescending love and goodness of God towards man. That God, who had made the heavens, and sot...
Psalms 8:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Glory of Messiah's Name. To the chief musician, for liturgical performance, upon Gittith, a form of zither, named from the Philistine city of Gath, where the author had lived for some time. A...
Psalms 8:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:12 ; 2 Chronicles 6:18 ; Exodus 4:31 ; Ezekiel 8:15 ; Genesis 21:1 ; Hebrews 2:6-9 ; Isaiah 40:17 ; Isaiah 51:12 ; Job 25:6 ; Job 7:17 ; Luke 1:68 ; Luke 19:44 ; Matthew 8:20 ;...
Psalms 8:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

What is man — How mean and inconsiderable a thing is man, if compared with thy glorious majesty. Man — Heb. infirm, or miserable man. By which it is apparent that he speaks of man, not according to...

Psalms 8:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 8:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 8:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 8:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 8:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 8:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 8:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 8:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 8:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 8:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 8:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 8:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 8:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 8:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 8:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 8:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 8:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 8:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 8:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 8:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 8:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 8:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 8:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 8:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 8:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 8:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 8:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes