Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and made a man. [9] The Lord breathed the breath of life into the man’s nose, and the man became a living thing.
Psalm 8:5 - Easy To Read Version \{But people are important to you!\}\par You made people {\cf2\super [43]} almost like gods.\par And you crowned them\par with glory and honor.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, And hast crowned him with glory and honour. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet You have made him but a little lower than God [or heavenly beings], and You have crowned him with glory and honor. American Standard Version (1901) For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor. Common English Bible You’ve made them only slightly less than divine, crowning them with glory and grandeur. Catholic Public Domain Version What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you visit him? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version What is man that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man that thou visitest him? |
Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and made a man. [9] The Lord breathed the breath of life into the man’s nose, and the man became a living thing.
Absalom sent {messengers} to Joab. {These messengers asked Joab to} send Absalom to the king. But Joab would not come to Absalom. Absalom sent {a message} a second time. But Joab still refused to come.
God, why is man so important to you?\par Why should you honor him?\par Why do you even notice him?\par
Angels, praise the Lord!\par You angels are the powerful soldiers\par who obey God’s commands.\par You listen to God and obey his commands.\par
God saves our life from the grave.\par And he gives us love and compassion.\par
Lord, why are people important to you?\par Why do you even notice us?\par
God, {\cf2\super [273]} your throne continues forever!\par Goodness is your royal scepter. {\cf2\super [274]} \par
God made Christ more important than all rulers, authorities, powers, and kings. Christ is more important than anything that has power in this world or in the next world.
Clearly, it is not angels that Jesus helps. Jesus helps the people who are from Abraham. {\cf2\super [13]}
For a short time you made him lower\par than the angels.\par You gave him glory and honor\par to be his crown.\par
For a short time Jesus was made lower than the angels, but now we see him wearing a crown of glory and honor because he suffered and died. Because of God’s grace (kindness) Jesus died for every person.