Contradiction with Job 7:17
While Psalms 8:4 expresses awe at God's attention to mankind, Job 7:17 questions why God would even be mindful, almost suggesting it as burdensome.
Job 7:17: What [is] man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
Contradiction with Psalm 144:3
Similar to Psalm 8:4 in wording but asks the question in a more rhetorical way, highlighting man's insignificance.
Psalm 144:3: LORD, what [is] man, that thou takest knowledge of him! [or] the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:19
Contradicts the special attention mentioned in Psalms 8:4 by equating humans and animals in life's brevity and mortality.
Ecclesiastes 3:19: For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.
Contradiction with Isaiah 40:17
Describes nations and people as nothing before God, which diminishes the idea of them being specially considered.
Isaiah 40:17: All nations before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
Contradiction with Psalm 39:5
Emphasizes the fleeting and insignificant nature of man, contrasting with the idea of being noteworthy in Psalms 8:4.
Psalm 39:5: Behold, thou hast made my days [as] an handbreadth; and mine age [is] as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state [is] altogether vanity. Selah. [at...: Heb. settled]
Paradox #1
One possible contradiction with Psalms 8:4 could be the idea of human significance. The verse highlights humanity's importance and value in the eyes of God, which can seem inconsistent with other biblical passages that emphasize human unworthiness or sinfulness. This might create a conflict between the belief in human dignity and the belief in human fallibility.