Psalm 8

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

This is one of the truly great psalms. Cited in Hebrews 2, it takes an exalted view of the universe as the handiwork of God. It isn’t possible that an early psalmist would have understood the true scope of the universe, but it is clear that they knew enough to stand in awe of God. Man, under the skies, is small and insignificant except for God’s purposes.

Of interest in this passage is the reference to angels in verse 5. The Hebrew in the Masoretic text has elohim (usually translated "God") in this place, whereas the Septuagint translation of the Old Testament has angelos, or angels. It appears that the KJV translators followed the Septuagint, and it seems likely that the Hebrew text from which the Septuagint was translated used "angels." Plainly, the author of Hebrews was working from the Septuagint.

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