Psalm 8

Psalms · Chapter 8

Psalms 8:5

1O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.6Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:7All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;8The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.9O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and you have made lack himוַתְּחַסְּרֵ֣הוּva-te-cha-se-RE-huH2637
to lack

חָסֵר (cha.ser) 1) to lack, be without, decrease, be lacking, have a need 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lack 1a2) to be lacking 1a3) to diminish, decrease 1b) (Piel) to cause to lack 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be lacking

littleמְּ֭עַטME-'atH4592
little

מְעַט (me.at) 1) littleness, few, a little, fewness 1a) little, small, littleness, fewness, too little, yet a little 1b) like a little, within a little, almost, just, hardly, shortly, little worth

from Godמֵאֱלֹהִ֑יםme-'E-lo-HIMH0430G
God

אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) This name means "gods" (plural intensive-singular meaning), "God" Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

and honorוְכָב֖וֹדve-kha-VODH3519
glory

כָּבוֹד (ka.vod) 1) glory, honour, glorious, abundance 1a) abundance, riches 1b) honour, splendour, glory 1c) honour, dignity 1d) honour, reputation 1e) honour, reverence, glory 1f) glory

and majestyוְהָדָ֣רve-ha-DARH1926
glory

הָדָר (ha.dar) 1) ornament, splendour, honour 1a) ornament 1b) splendour, majesty 1c) honour, glory

you crown himתְּעַטְּרֵֽהוּ׃te-'a-te-RE-huH5849B
to crown

עָטַר (a.tar) 1) to crown, give a crown 1a) (Piel) to crown 1b) (Hiphil) crown-bestower (participle)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.