What Is Man? - Psalms 8:5-10

Psalms 8:5-10 OSB

What is man that You remember him,

Or the son of man that You visit him?

 You made him a little lower than the angels;

You crowned him with glory and honor.

 You set him over the works of Your hands;

You subjected all things under his feet,

 All sheep and oxen,

And besides these, also the animals of the field,

 The birds of heaven and the fish of the sea,

And the things passing through the paths of the seas.

 O Lord, our Lord, how wondrous is Your name in all the earth.

What is man? 

Nothing, except the crowning creation of God. He is pleased to make His dwelling place with us and call us His own. 

Nothing, without the crown of life made possible by the breath of God. He gave His life that we may have life. 

Nothing, except we are sealed by the Holy Spirit with the very name of our Lord and will dwell in His household forever. 

We bear that wondrous name which alone is worthy in all the earth. 

Luke 1:68-71

“Blessed is the Lord God of Israel,

For He has visited and redeemed His people,

 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us

In the house of His servant David,

 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets,

Who have been since the world began,

 That we should be saved from our enemies

And from the hand of all who hate us,