Psalms 8:5

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For thou hast made him - Thou hast made man as such; that is, he was such in the original design of his creation, in the rank given him, and in t...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For thou hast made him a little lower than the (c) angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. (c) Concerning his first creation.
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 man...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the angels. Hebrew. Elohim. See App-4. Rendered "angels" in Hebrews 2:7 . also here, in Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic. See also Psalm...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Thou hast made him little lower. The Hebrew copulative כי , ki, I have no doubt, ought to be translated into the causal particle for...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels— Him, that is, the Son of Man, spoken of in the preceding verse. This, as well as the following...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou hast made him a little lower than the...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Hebrew poet dwells on neither of these aspects, but at once passes on to the essential greatness of man and his superiority in creation, by reaso...
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 nig...
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 a...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These verses come in with greater fulness, to explain and to confirm what went before: how the Son of God was made a little, or for a little space, l...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels ,.... Than Elohim, "than God", as this word usually signifies: and could it be interpreted of...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Ver. 5. For thou hast made him a little lower t...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels Such was man as he came out of the hands of his Maker, in his primeval state. He was lower than...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Condescension of God. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou hast in and through Christ mercifully and wonderfully restored man to his primitive and happy estate, in which he was but one remove below the a...
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 o...
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 Ep...
Scofield Reference Notes

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels In Psalm 2, Christ was presented as Jehovah's Son and King, rejected and crucified but y...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 8:3-6 I. True greatness consists, not in weight and extension, but in intellectual power and moral worth. When the Psalmist looked up to th...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 8:4-5 Man stands on the frontier of two worlds. There is a supernatural sphere, and man's connection with it is his glory, his endowments f...
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 gl...
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 α...
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 Biblical Illustrator

For Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels. Man a little lower than the angels While the Psalmist refers primarily to man, we learn...
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 toward...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For Thou hast made Him a little lower than the angels, literally, "Thou hast caused Him to lack a little of God," this being fulfilled when the Son o...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For — Thou hast in Christ mercifully restored man to his primitive estate, wherein he was but one remove below the angels; from which he was fallen...

⁵ For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 8:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 8:5