Psalm 8
What is Man That You Are Mindful of Him?
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.3When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
4what is man that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care for him?5Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings[b]
and crowned him with glory and honor.
6You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;
you have put all things under his feet,
7all sheep and oxen,
and also the beasts of the field,
8the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.9O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth! —Psalm 8
The main purpose of this psalm is to draw our attention to the
Exposition:
“O Lord, our Lord” : “O
“How majestic is your name in all the earth.” : “How
excellent is your
“Heavenly beings” = Elohim; Elohim :
You were created uniquely and distinct from any other human, yet bearing the
We’re created to look
We were made to
Our perspective of the world and ourselves