Primary Biblical Question: What is Man?

Ps 8 je značajan jer postavlja temeljno biblijsko pitanje: što je čovjek? i daje na njega odgovor: čovjek je istodobno velik i malen. S obzirom na svoje mjesto u svemiru čovjek je doista malen, ali s obzirom na »Božje sjećanje« (zkr) i »Božju skrb« (pqd) čovjek je postavljen veoma visoko - on je malo manji od Boga. Čovjek je velik po Božjoj ljubavi koja ga je uzdignula visoko. Čovjekov odnos prema zemlji i svemu stvorenomu trebao bi proizaći iz spoznaje da je dijete Božje ljubavi i da prema svome Stvoritelju treba biti otvoren u zahvalnosti, a prema stvorenju u otvorenosti Božje ljubavi koju treba na njega prenositi. Upravo je u tom duhu i Franjo iz Asiza u svome Hvalospjevu stvorova shvatio svu dubinu poruke ovoga psalma.Ps 8 is important because it asks the fundamental biblical question: what is man? and gives an answer to it: man is at the same time great and small. In respect of his place in the universe man is really small, but with respect to »God\u27s memory« (zkr) and »God\u27s care« (pqd) man is placed very highly — he is a little bit smaller than God. Man is great because of God\u27s love that has elevated him highly. Man\u27s relationship towards the earth and the creation should come out of the knowledge that he is the child of God\u27s love and that he should be open towards his Creator in gratitude, and towards the creation in the openness of God\u27s love that he should pass it over to the creation. In this spirit and Francis from Assisi in his canticle understood completely the deepness of the message of this psalm