You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 6. Angels. Elohim means also “God,” as S. Jerom, and so forth explain it. Thou hast placed man like a deity upon earth. But Saint Paul adopts the sense of the Septuagint Calmet.—S. Jerom doubted whether the epistle to the Hebrews belonged to him or he would have done the same. Some of the Fathers suppose, (Bert.) that the prophet speaks of man before the fall. Theodoret.—Yet he has Christ principally in view. Calmet.—A little less may be better rendered, “ “for a little while:” βραχυ τι. Acts 5:34. Isaiah 10:25. modico. Hebrews 2. Notwithstanding the prerogatives of Adam, before the fall, what is said by the prophet and Saint Paul can be true of none but Christ; who was subject to death only for a short space, and quickly rose from the tomb, Lord of all. 1 Corinthians 15:26. If we do not see it yet, (Hebrews 2:8. Psalms 69:2) our faith must not waver. He is crowned, and will one day assert his dominion. Bert. Matthew 28:18. Ephesians 1:19. Calmet.—In his assumed nature, Christ became less than the angels; but he has raised it above them, and is appointed Lord of angels, men, and creatures of every description. The sea and the winds obey him. Matthew 8.