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You have made them a little lower than the angels.
    You placed on them a crown of glory and honor.

You made human beings rule over everything your hands created.
    You put everything under their control.
They rule over all flocks and herds
    and over the wild animals.

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You have made them[a] a little lower than the angels[b](A)
    and crowned them[c] with glory and honor.(B)
You made them rulers(C) over the works of your hands;(D)
    you put everything under their[d] feet:(E)
all flocks and herds,(F)
    and the animals of the wild,(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:5 Or him
  2. Psalm 8:5 Or than God
  3. Psalm 8:5 Or him
  4. Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his