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Psalms 8

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?

Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet,

all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,

the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Scripture quotations marked “ESV” are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Psalms 8:5

“Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.”

The declaration that God has made humans slightly lower than God (or the heavenly beings, depending on translation) and crowned them with glory and honor establishes human dignity within creation. The language of crowning suggests royal status and elevation, making humans participants in God's governance of creation. The slight inferiority to God (or divine council) positions humanity as apex of earthly creation while remaining subordinate to the divine, establishing a hierarchy that recognizes human dignity while avoiding confusion with divinity. This verse affirms human worth and worth through divine bestowal rather than human achievement, grounding dignity in God's creative intention.

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Psalms 8:5

“Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.”

The declaration that God has made humans slightly lower than God (or the heavenly beings, depending on translation) and crowned them with glory and honor establishes human dignity within creation. The language of crowning suggests royal status and elevation, making humans participants in God's governance of creation. The slight inferiority to God (or divine council) positions humanity as apex of earthly creation while remaining subordinate to the divine, establishing a hierarchy that recognizes human dignity while avoiding confusion with divinity. This verse affirms human worth and worth through divine bestowal rather than human achievement, grounding dignity in God's creative intention.

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Psalms 8:5

The declaration that God has made humans slightly lower than God (or the heavenly beings, depending on translation) and crowned them with glory and honor establishes human dignity within creation. The language of crowning suggests royal status and elevation, making humans participants in God's governance of creation. The slight inferiority to God (or divine council) positions humanity as apex of earthly creation while remaining subordinate to the divine, establishing a hierarchy that recognizes human dignity while avoiding confusion with divinity. This verse affirms human worth and worth through divine bestowal rather than human achievement, grounding dignity in God's creative intention.