"A little less than the angels." The writer of Psalm 8 had a high understanding of the nature of the human person - not just a little higher than the other animals, as believers in evolution would teach. God has crowned the human person "with glory and honour." The Psalmist does not explain this doctrine though a narrative, for his purpose is not to explain but to celebrate - the Psalm is a song of celebration. This sense of celebration finds its climax in the exclamation of wonder in verse 5: what are we human beings that God should spare a thought for us, or that God should even care for us! Behind this exclamation of wonder lies the narrative of Genesis: we are created in the image and likeness of God. Even though Adam sinned and lost the likeness of God, God never took away the divine image. God's continued fidelity to the original design of creation, that we are the image of God, reached its climax in Jesus. God does not simply spare a thought for us, but loved us in a very special way by sending the Son to be our redeemer [John 3:16].