🎵WEB · Psalms 8:4

What does Psalms 8:4 mean?

"what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?"

— Psalms 8:4 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

1

Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens!

2

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

3

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

4

what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?

5

For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.

6

You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

7

All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,

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