Everything under his feet
The Old Testament
You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet.
Psalm 8:6
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In the New Testament
And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church.
Ephesians 1:22
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What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the angels and crowned him with glory and honour. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet.
Psalm 8 celebrates the place of human beings in creation, as an echo of Genesis 1. Hebrews soberly notes that we do not yet see all things put under him. What we do see is Jesus, made a little lower than the angels for a while and now crowned. In him humanity reaches its destiny. 'Son of Man' is the same expression found in Daniel, which Jesus used for himself (no. 60). Earlier in the same psalm came the praise from the mouth of babes (no. 34).