Likewise
further evidence is found in the Psalms. Psalm
8:4-8 infers a masculine affinity with the endowment of God's creationary blessing
in Genesis. “What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son
of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,
and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over
the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet: All sheep and oxen,
yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and
whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas.”
Yet
another point is contained in Psalm
8.
Psalm 8:4-8 infers a masculine affinity with the endowment of God's creationary blessing
in Genesis. “What
is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory
and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast
put all [things] under his feet: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the
paths of the seas.”
The
Passages of this Psalm derive from Genesis
1:26 and
that passage of Genesis
concur. God gave man a creation blessing of dominion over the earth. In these
passage Psalm 8 affirms the position that male gender of humanity is the
recipient of this blessing. The Psalmist at no point makes mention of any
bestowing of this blessing upon a feminine recipient or portion humanity. The
Psalmist never alludes to the female gender in any terms including the
equivalent terms of “woman” or the “daughter of women”.