Monday, August 31, 2009
HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME
In Psalm 8 King David looks up into the heavens and all around at the earth, sees everything in it, and marvels at the greatness of God who created all of this. Then he considers us human beings. He realizes we are such a small part of the universe, just tiny creatures, and yet despite that the Lord has given to us great honor, creating us chief among all His creatures.
Psalm 8:
O LORD, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies,
That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You visit him?
For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your
hands; You have put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen -- Even the beasts of the field,
The birds of the air,
And the fish of the sea
That pass through the paths of the seas.
O LORD, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
