The LORD’S Glory and Man’s Dignity.
To the Chief Musician; set to● a Philistine lute or perhaps to a particular Hittite tune. A Psalm of David.
O LORD, our Lord,How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth!You have adisplayed Your splendor above the heavens.Or perhaps to a particular key; meaning uncertain.Ps 57:5, 11; 113:4; 148:132 aOut of the mouths of infants and nursing babes You have established bstrengthBecause of Your adversaries,That You might silence cthe enemy and make the revengeful cease. Matt 21:15, 16Matt 21:16; 1 Cor 1:27Ps 29:1; 118:14Ps 44:16
3 When I see and aconsider bYour heavens, the work of Your fingers,The cmoon and the stars, which You have established,Ps 111:2Ps 89:11; 144:5Ps 136:94 aWhat is man that You are mindful of him,And the son of earthborn man that You care for him?Job 7:17; Ps 144:3; Heb 2:6-85 Yet You have made him a alittle lower than 1God,And bYou have crowned him with cglory and honor.LXX reads angels; Heb Elohim is usually translated “God” or “god.” But it can also mean “gods” (with a lowercase “g”) when it is used with reference to the pagan gods of other nations. See, for instance, Ex 20:3: “You shall have no other gods (Elohim) before Me.” Since there are no capital letters in Hebrew as there are in English, the meaning of Ps 8:5 is ambiguous. It may be saying that humans were created a little lower than God Himself, or it may say that humans were created a little lower than the heavenly beings.Gen 1:26; Ps 82:6Ps 103:4Ps 21:56 You made him to have adominion over the works of Your hands;You have bput all things under his feet, 1+@Cor 15:27; Eph 1:22, 23; Heb 2:6-8Gen 1:26, 281 Cor 15:27; Eph 1:22; Heb 2:87 All sheep and oxen,And also the beasts of the field,8 The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
9 aO LORD, our Lord,How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth!Ps 8:1