Psalms 8:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 8:3

The Glory of the Lord in Creation

To the Chief Musician. On the instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David.

1 O Lord, our Lord,
How ^aexcellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have ^bset Your glory above the heavens!

2 ^aOut of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have¹ ordained strength,
Because of Your enemies,
That You may silence ^bthe enemy and the avenger.

3 When I ^aconsider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,

4 ^aWhat is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You ^bvisit him?

5 For You have made him a little lower than¹ the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

6 ^aYou have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
^bYou have put all things under his feet,

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Or, as the Soncino (commentary) says: "You who rehearse Your majesty in the heavens." That is kind of interesting. We will get to that in just a minute.

"How majestic," David says, "is Your name!" The majesty of God is revealed in His creation, and one of His names is Creator.

What is also implied, in this same context, is that the same glory of that same God is equally shown on the earth, as well. So we have, day and night, an awesome display of the power and the majesty of our God. What else do we see there, besides power and majesty? We see order. Awesome beauty that is constantly changing and shifting—so that no two sunsets are ever exactly alike.

We see loving providence, as He provides for His creation every day. Awesome wisdom as everything is balanced and in harmony—except where man has gotten things disharmonious. We see reason and logic, and we see vastness of thinking—of this great God that we worship.

This psalm is intended to direct yours and my thinking toward the vastness of this God and His majesty as compared to the puny insignificance of you and me. And yet that great, awesome God has it in mind—it is His purpose—to glorify Himself in us. Yes, "out of the mouths of babes and infants." This is where that principle in I Corinthians 1:26 comes from. God has called the weak of the world—to glorify Himself in. He has chosen that which is weak and foolish (by this world's standards) to come to appreciate and to respect the glory of God—the glory that is in His name.

Excerpted from Holiness (Part 1)

Psalm 8:3-4

I think Psalm 8 will help us to understand the awe that David felt when he looked up at the heavens.

I do not know how many of you have ever lay on your back under the stars where there were not any lights around and looked up at the heavens on a clear night. It is absolutely awesome, and Jesus Christ is the One that made that. Why could anybody want us when He has done all this, all the planets, and all the heavens? It is just absolutely awesome.

Excerpted from The Purpose of the Ministry

Psalm 8:3-5

By the way, this is quoted again in Hebrews 2:7, when it is speaking about the Son of Man, showing that Jesus was made a little lower than the angels because He became a human being, but He would be made greater and rule, unlike the angels.

Excerpted from The Spirit World

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