Psalms 8:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Psalms 8:4 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 144:3
LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
Job 7:17
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
Hebrews 2:6-9
But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? …
Psalms 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
2 Chronicles 6:18
But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Condescension of God Creation Devotion Fasting Gentleness God

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 3-9)

David here goes on to magnify the honour of God by recounting the honours he has put upon man, especially the man Christ Jesus. The condescensions of the divine grace call for our praises as much as the elevations of the divine glory. How God has condescended in favour to man the psalmist here observes with wonder and thankfulness, and recommends it to our thoughts. See here, I. What it is that le…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

3-4. The allusion to the magnificence of the visible heavens is introduced for the purpose of illustrating God’s condescension, who, though the mighty Creator of these glorious worlds of light, makes man the object of regard and recipient of favor.