For a little while. Mankind, in this world which is under the curse, is for a little while lower than the angels. Christ, in taking our human nature (Romans 8:3; Hebrews 10:5; Hebrews 2:14), became, like us, a little lower than the angels. But in his Resurrection, he became higher than the angels (Hebrews 2:9; Philippians 2:6-11). Lower than the angels. This is the way it reads in the Septuagint. The Hebrew says: "lower than God (Elohim)." You crowned him. This speaks of mankind, as the next verse shows. Compare Genesis 1:28.

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