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 [literally, frail man, 'ªnowsh (H582)] a special object of His regard!
The son of Man 1:-1 :e., mortal man; Hebrew, 'the son of Adam,' whose very name (Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19) implies that he is "of earth, earthy," and frail.
Visitest him? - with such favour (so visit is used, Ruth 1:6; Genesis 21:1), making him thy glorious vicegerent over all thy works (Psalms 8:5-8). Fulfilled only in "the Second Man, the Lord from heaven" (1 Corinthians 15:47), the God-man, Christ Jesus, who first gives us an adequate view, not only of God, but also of man; because man has never been presented before us by any other except Jesus in his true ideal. Compare David's similar adoring wonder at God's condescension to himself personally (2 Samuel 7:18), since here it is for God's condescending favour to man generally.