# Psalm 008 General Notes

#### Type of psalm

Psalm 8 is a psalm of worship and praise to God. This was to be sung by a choir.

#### Special concepts in this chapter

##### Yahweh's creation
God has made awesome things in the universe and has exalted humans to be rulers over this creation. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/exalt]])

##### A Little Lower than the Heavenly Beings

[Psalms Psalm 8:4-6](./003.md) is quoted in [Hebrews 2:6-8](../../heb/02/06.md), where it is applied to Jesus. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/glory]])

## Links:

* __[Psalms 8:1](../../psa/008/001.md)__

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