Question on Psalm 8
I was reading Psalm 8 in my devotional time this morning and something stuck me.
8:5–6 are usually translated something like the following
What struck me this morning (reading the Hebrew) was that the tenses appear to work as follows:
Now this may simply be poetic language but I did wonder if Psalm 8 was making a distinction between God's glorious and purposeful creation of humanity (in the past) and the future realisation of those purposes.
8:5–6 are usually translated something like the following
You have made him [man] a little lower than the heavenly beings
and crowned him with glory and honour
You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet
What struck me this morning (reading the Hebrew) was that the tenses appear to work as follows:
You made him a little less than the heavenly beings
with glory and splendor you will crown him.
You will cause him to rule over all the works of your hands;
all that you put under his feet
Now this may simply be poetic language but I did wonder if Psalm 8 was making a distinction between God's glorious and purposeful creation of humanity (in the past) and the future realisation of those purposes.
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