He is so insignificant, his life is so much like a vapour, he so soon disappears, he is so sinful and polluted that the question may well be asked, why such honour has been conferred on him, and why such a dominion over the world has been given him. Yet thou hast made him little less than God, and dost crown him with glory and honor. What is man that God is mindful of him. Man is a speck, some small unimportant part of creation that God would scarcely remember. But here in verse 5 David changes his tune.
Man is important.
He is just a little lower than the angels, and he is crowned with glory and honor. Certainly not through man's own efforts could he achieve this. It is God who has done this wondrous thing. It is God who takes the glory and honor, and it is God who does the crowning. The best man can achieve is filthy rags.