7 Thou madest him a little lower
7 You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor,
7 You made them not quite as high as angels, bright with Eden's dawn light;
7 You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands.
7 Yet you made them only a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Hebrews 2:7
Commentary on Hebrews 2:5-9
(Read Hebrews 2:5-9)
Neither the state in which the church is at present, nor its more completely restored state, when the prince of this world shall be cast out, and the kingdoms of the earth become the kingdom of Christ, is left to the government of the angels: Christ will take to him his great power, and will reign. And what is the moving cause of all the kindness God shows to men in giving Christ for them and to them? it is the grace of God. As a reward of Christ's humiliation in suffering death, he has unlimited dominion over all things; thus this ancient scripture was fulfilled in him. Thus God has done wonderful things for us in creation and providence, but for these we have made the basest returns.