⁷ Yet for a little while you made them a little lower than the angels
    and crowned them with glory and honor.^[a]

⁵ Yet you made them only a little lower than God^[a]
    and crowned them^[b] with glory and honor.

⁶ Though he was God,^[a]
    he did not think of equality with God
    as something to cling to.
⁷ Instead, he gave up his divine privileges^[b];
    he took the humble position of a slave^[c]
    and was born as a human being.
When he appeared in human form,^[d]