Psalm 8 English Standard Version (ESV)
How Majestic Is Your Name
To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David.
8 O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established strength because of your foes,
to still the enemy and the avenger.
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established strength because of your foes,
to still the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
4 what is man that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care for him?
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
4 what is man that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care for him?
5 Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;
you have put all things under his feet,
7 all sheep and oxen,
and also the beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;
you have put all things under his feet,
7 all sheep and oxen,
and also the beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
9 O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
I love this Psalm! When you look at the universe and consider its vastness - something that isn't even possible to comprehend with our finite minds - the majesty, power, and glory of God is undeniable! And yet, He cares for we who are but a tiny speck in this vast universe.
Some excellent thoughts from Piper:
The majesty of God is great beyond words and worthy of our fervent worship and allegiance. And that majesty is manifest in the glory of God's supreme creation, human beings made in his image.
And the truth that I draw out of this vision of God and man is this: You cannot worship and glorify the majesty of God while treating his supreme creation with contempt.
The vision is that God is majestic above all the majesties of the universe and this majesty—though dimmed and besmirched and defiled by sin—shines in the glory of God's supreme creation, human beings. And the truth that flows from this vision is that we cannot worship and glorify the majesty of God while treating his supreme creation with contempt.....
You cannot starve the aged human and glorify the majesty of God.
You cannot dismember the unborn human and glorify the majesty of God.
You cannot gas the Jewish human and glorify the majesty of God.
You cannot lynch the black human and glorify the majesty of God.
You cannot treat human pregnancy like a disease and glorify the majesty of God.
You cannot treat the mixing of human races like a pestilence and glorify the majesty of God.
You cannot worship and glorify the majesty of God while treating his supreme creation with contempt.
The next time someone asks you, "Why are you against abortion?" try answering, "Because no amount of inconvenience could ever justify treating the supreme creation of God with murderous contempt." And if someone asks you, "Why are you willing to stay in a racially changing neighborhood when the value of your house is plummeting?" try answering, "Because no amount of real estate value could ever justify treating the supreme creation of God with contempt." And then read them Psalm 8 and show them a vision of God and of what it means to be human. That may lift them higher in their thoughts than they have ever gone before.
Monday we start our series on Mark!
Monday's scripture focus: Mark 1:1-8
Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage passage: Job 27-28
Sunday's passage: Job 29-30
Monday's passage: Job 31-32, Psalm 148, Galatians 7
You cannot gas the Jewish human and glorify the majesty of God.
You cannot lynch the black human and glorify the majesty of God.
You cannot treat human pregnancy like a disease and glorify the majesty of God.
You cannot treat the mixing of human races like a pestilence and glorify the majesty of God.
You cannot worship and glorify the majesty of God while treating his supreme creation with contempt.
The next time someone asks you, "Why are you against abortion?" try answering, "Because no amount of inconvenience could ever justify treating the supreme creation of God with murderous contempt." And if someone asks you, "Why are you willing to stay in a racially changing neighborhood when the value of your house is plummeting?" try answering, "Because no amount of real estate value could ever justify treating the supreme creation of God with contempt." And then read them Psalm 8 and show them a vision of God and of what it means to be human. That may lift them higher in their thoughts than they have ever gone before.
Monday we start our series on Mark!
Monday's scripture focus: Mark 1:1-8
Sunday's passage: Job 29-30
Monday's passage: Job 31-32, Psalm 148, Galatians 7
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