He is also master over the earth's natural resources. He has learned to harness the hidden energy lying deep inside the earth, and inside the atom. The chemicals in the earth are under his control. He uses them, changes them, transforms them to his use. Verses 7-8 All sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the sea.
Mankind is also in control of the animal kingdom.
Even the beasts of the field, he can tame and turn to his own use, as all of us have seen when the circus came to town. The animals are bigger and stronger. You would think they would fight ferociously for their independence. But God has given man dominion, and it is man who is the master. It is to be remembered that no small number of what are now domestic animals were originally wild, and that they have been subdued and tamed by the power and skill of man.