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Psalm 8:4-6
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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,[a]
    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:

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  1. 8:5 Hebrew: Elohim. The word Elohim, used here, usually means “God”, but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”. The Septuagint reads “angels” here. See also the quote from the Septuagint in Hebrews 2:7.
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Psalm 8:4-6
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4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?[a](A)

5 You have made them[b] a little lower than the angels[c](B)
    and crowned them[d] with glory and honor.(C)
6 You made them rulers(D) over the works of your hands;(E)
    you put everything under their[e] feet:(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?
  2. Psalm 8:5 Or him
  3. Psalm 8:5 Or than God
  4. Psalm 8:5 Or him
  5. Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his
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