OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 8:4

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what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?

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Verse 4. Fingers, as if they had been formed in play, while the Incarnation is the work of God’s right hand. Euseb. Calmet.—Heavens, moon, and stars, denote the Church. No mention is made of the sun, because it is the emblem of Christ, who was the Creator. Bert. Revelation 12:1.—This text proves that the world was not formed by angels, as some ancient heretics asserted. David, perhaps, wrote this at night; and the sun and stars are not seen together. Menochius.

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