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Psalms 8:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:


Psalms 8:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 8:66 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תְּחַסְּרֵ֣/הוּwatəḥasərēhw
and you have made lack himconjH2637
bereave · decrease · fail · lack ···
מְּ֭עַטməʿaṭ
littlenounH4592
very) few(-er · -est) · lightly · little ···
מֵ/אֱלֹהִ֑יםmēʾĕlōhiym
from GodpronH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
וְ/כָב֖וֹדwəkābwōd
and honorconjH3519
glory · honour
וְ/הָדָ֣רwəhādār
and majestyconjH1926
comeliness · excellency · glorious · glory ···
תְּעַטְּרֵֽ/הוּtəʿaṭərēhw
you crown himverbH5849
crown
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 8:6

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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