V. 6.— But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? But one in a certain place testified.— Here the Apostle proves his assertion by quoting the eighth Psalm, and establishes the universal dominion of the Son of man, the title which Jesus commonly assumed while on earth. The culminating evidence of his being the Son of God was not given till his resurrection. It is to be observed that the Apostle does not name the Psalm, although this is not always the case, Acts 13:33-35; but all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and the Lord establishes its authority by so frequently referring to it during His personal ministry. He divides it into three parts— the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms. To the Jews were committed the lively oracles; and, amidst all their wickedness, they have been faithful to this trust, and have preserved the Scriptures as delivered to them by the prophets. On this subject they have been very cautious; and, although they have adopted many false interpretations, they have never trifled with the purity of the sacred books. Testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?— It has been observed, that, were it not for the Apostle’ s authority, we should not have considered the conclusion of the 102nd Psalm as an answer to the prayer of Christ, and a similar remark may be made respecting the eighth Psalm, which we should have confined to a description of the dominion over the creatures with which man is invested, Genesis 1:26; but the question is decided by the Apostle’ s application of it to the Lord Jesus, showing that it contains a prophetic intimation of the universal dominion of the Son of man. At the same time it holds true, in a measure, of the authority bestowed on man over the creatures as a type of the unlimited power of Jesus. One testimony from the Scriptures is amply sufficient for the establishment of any truth; but, by comparing one passage with another referring to the same subject, we have a confirmation of the interpretation just given. Now, in 1 Corinthians 15:27, Ephesians 1:22, Matthew 21:16, where the eighth Psalm is applied to Christ, we have a confirmation of the true application of the Psalm. Compared with the magnitude and glory of creation, man appears very insignificant; but this evidently refers to man in his fallen state. Man was made in the image of God, and the world which contains all within his reach was subjected to him; but now man is altogether vanity, he is cut down as a flower. All flesh is grass; man is of few days, and full of trouble, and in this state he is viewed by the Psalmist. That thou art mindful of him.— Considering the glorious majesty of God, how could it be expected that God should be mindful of him? Son of man.— This is not applicable to Adam, he was a man but had no father; he was created of the dust by God. Visitest him.— God condescended to visit man, as we read of his walking in the garden.