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Psalms 8:5 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 8:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 8:58 words
HebrewMeaning
מָֽהmāh
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
אֱנ֥וֹשׁʾĕnwōš
is humankindnounH582
thirsty · certain · chap; divers · fellow ···
כִּֽיkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
תִזְכְּרֶ֑/נּוּtizəkərenw
you will remember himverbH2142
burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···
וּ/בֶןwben
and a son ofconjH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אָ֝דָ֗םʾādām
humankindnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
כִּ֣יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
תִפְקְדֶֽ/נּוּtipəqədenw
you will pay attention to himverbH6485
at all · avenge · bestow · (appoint to have the ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 8:5

To the end, for the wine-presses, a psalm of David himself. 1. He seems to say nothing of wine-presses in the text of the Psalm of which this is the title. By which it appears, that one and the same thing is often signified in Scripture by many and various similitudes. We may then take wine-presses to be Churches, on the same principle by which we understand also by a threshing-floor the Church. For whether in the threshing-floor, or in the wine-press, there is nothing else…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 8 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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