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<u>Ps. 8:3ab</u>
*LXX: ἐκ στόμ … <u>Ps. 8:3ab</u></br>*LXX: ἐκ στόματος νηπίων καὶ θηλαζόντων κατηρτίσω αἶνον</br>*'''Matt. 21:16''' (quotation [LXX]): ἐκ στόματος νηπίων καὶ θηλαζόντων κατηρτίσω αἶνον</br><u>Ps. 8:7b</u></br>*LXX: πάντα ὑπέταξας ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ</br>*'''1 Cor. 15:27''' (quotation): πάντα γὰρ ὑπέταξεν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ.</br>*'''Eph. 1:22''' (allusion): καὶ πάντα ὑπέταξεν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ</br><u>Ps. 8:5-6, 7b</u></br>*LXX: τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὅτι μιμνῄσκῃ αὐτοῦ, ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν; ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ᾽ ἀγγέλους δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφάνωσας αὐτόν... πάντα ὑπέταξας ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ</br>*'''Heb. 2:6-8''' (quotation [LXX]): τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὅτι μιμνῄσκῃ αὐτοῦ, ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν; ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ᾽ ἀγγέλους, δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφάνωσας αὐτόν, πάντα ὑπέταξας ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ.</br></br>The NT is clear in its interpretation of this psalm as ''messianic.'' Modern scholarship, on the other hand, would disagree with this interpretation. Kraus, for example, writes that "in Psalm 8 there is not even a trace of this eschatological-messianic message of the NT."'"`UNIQ--ref-00000F66-QINU`"' Even an evangelical commentator like Allen Ross says that "the psalm is not a messianic psalm."'"`UNIQ--ref-00000F67-QINU`"' Such a reading is, according to Craigie, "not evidently implicit in the psalm in its original meaning and context."'"`UNIQ--ref-00000F68-QINU`"'</br></br>Despite what modern scholarship claims, a careful reading of Psalm 8 in its original context and co-text (the book of Psalms) suggests that the Psalm is indeed messianic. The following points are worth consideration in this regard.</br>#The Psalter is a messianic book.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000F69-QINU`"'</br>#Psalm 8 was written by King David (לדוד, v.1), Yahweh's anointed king (=משׁיח, Messiah).</br>#In Psalm 8, David writes about the universal dominion given to humanity (cf. Gen. 1:26-28).</br>#David himself was promised universal dominion (cf. Ps. 2:7-9).</br>#For this reason, David appeared to view himself (and his offspring) as a new kind of Adam (cf. Ps. 2:6 [נָסַכְתִּי, a metallurgical term that recalls the creation of Adam as God's צלם]).</br>#Adam's rule was over all animals (Ps. 8:8-9); David's rule was to be over all nations (Ps. 2:8-9). In the book of Psalms (as elsewhere in the Bible [cf. Daniel 7], David's enemies are depicted metaphorically as animals (e.g., Ps. 22:13-14).</br>#David knew that this universal rule would not be realized in his lifetime, but in that of his offspring (2 Sam. 7:12).d not be realized in his lifetime, but in that of his offspring (2 Sam. 7:12).
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