Psalms 8:3-6 – has this been manipulated by Paul to imply it relates to Jesus?

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Psalms speak in general terms about the Glory of God. How has Paul come to the conclusion that this relates to Jesus?

Psalm 8:3-6

³ When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
⁴ what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
⁵ You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.
⁶ You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet:

1 Corinthians 15:27

For he “has put everything under his feet.” Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.

Ephesians 1:22

And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church,

Hebrews 2:6-8

⁶ It has been testified somewhere, “What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you care for him?
⁷ You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor,
⁸ putting everything in subjection under his feet.” Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him.