2291.—"Son of Man." Heb. 2:6

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2291.—"Son of Man." Heb. 2:6.

"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?" Who spoke the words there found? To whom did he speak them, and what is meant by "the son of man"?
W. B. W.
You will see by the marginal reference that the words are found in the eighth Psalm. The words were spoken there by David. They are found in that Psalm which was designed to be sung by every one. They express David's language to the Lord, "What is man, that Thou [God] art mindful of him? and the son of man [that is, himself evidently, and so every one], that Thou visitest him?" The writer of Hebrews applies it not only to man in general, but to the One who became the Son of Man, Jesus Christ.