Psalm 8
For the director of music. According to gittith [a].
A psalm of David.
1 O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
above the heavens.
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
above the heavens.
A.
1st Lord = Hebrew NAME of God. Yahweh, eternal, supernatural
B. 2nd
Lord = master, superintendent, king, of men
·
the idea is that God of their
worship is their master. He is Greater than His creation (Rom 1:19-23)
C.
The earth is to small for His Glory – It takes an infinite universe to show The
Glory of an Infinite God
2 From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise [b]
because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
you have ordained praise [b]
because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
A.
God uses the
weakest, most frail instrument to give him praise. Their instinct is to give
Him spontaneous praise – He, because of His Glory, is so apparent.
B.
God uses these to
silence those who rail or come against Him (Matt 21:16). – Read Matt 21;14-17
3 When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
A. The magnificence of the visible heavens for the
purpose of illustrating God , who, though the mighty Creator of these glorious
worlds of light, makes man the object of His favor.
4 what is man that you are mindful of
him,
the son of man that you care for him?
the son of man that you care for him?
A.
literally “frail”
man
B.
son of man – all
lower case, only varies in the form of speech, mankind.
C.
Care – some
versions say visiteth = God shows us favor
(Psalms 65:10)
5 You made him a little lower than
the heavenly beings [c]
and crowned him with glory and honor.
and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You made him ruler over the works
of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:
you put everything under his feet:
7 all flocks and herds,
and the beasts of the field,
and the beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.
and the fish of the sea,
all that swim 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!
5-8. God has placed man next in dignity to angels, and but a little lower, and
has crowned him with the empire of the world.
glory and honour--are the attributes of royal dignity ( Psa 21:5 45:3 ). The position assigned man is that described ( Gen 1:26-28 ) as belonging to Adam, in his original condition, the terms employed in detailing the subjects of man's dominion corresponding with those there used. In a modified sense, in his present fallen state, man is still invested with some remains of this original dominion. It is very evident, however, by the apostle's inspired expositions ( Hbr 2:6-8 1Cr 15:27, 28 ) that the language here employed finds its fulfilment only in the final exaltation of Christ's human nature. There is no limit to the "all things" mentioned, God only excepted, who "puts all things under." Man, in the person and glorious destiny of Jesus of Nazareth, the second Adam, the head and representative of the race, will not only be restored to his original position, but exalted far beyond it. "The last enemy, death," through fear of which, man, in his present estate, is "all his lifetime in bondage" [ Hbr 2:15 ], "shall be destroyed" [ 1Cr 15:26 ]. Then all things will have been put under his feet, "principalities and powers being made subject to him" [ 1Pe 3:22 ]. This view, so far from being alien from the scope of the passage, is more consistent than any other; for man as a race cannot well be conceived to have a higher honor put upon him than to be thus exalted in the person and destiny of Jesus of Nazareth. And at the same time, by no other of His glorious manifestations has God more illustriously declared those attributes which distinguish His name than in the scheme of redemption, of which this economy forms such an important and essential feature. In the generic import of the language, as describing man's present relation to the works of God's hands, it may be regarded as typical, thus allowing not only the usual application, but also this higher sense which the inspired writers of the New Testament have assigned it.
glory and honour--are the attributes of royal dignity ( Psa 21:5 45:3 ). The position assigned man is that described ( Gen 1:26-28 ) as belonging to Adam, in his original condition, the terms employed in detailing the subjects of man's dominion corresponding with those there used. In a modified sense, in his present fallen state, man is still invested with some remains of this original dominion. It is very evident, however, by the apostle's inspired expositions ( Hbr 2:6-8 1Cr 15:27, 28 ) that the language here employed finds its fulfilment only in the final exaltation of Christ's human nature. There is no limit to the "all things" mentioned, God only excepted, who "puts all things under." Man, in the person and glorious destiny of Jesus of Nazareth, the second Adam, the head and representative of the race, will not only be restored to his original position, but exalted far beyond it. "The last enemy, death," through fear of which, man, in his present estate, is "all his lifetime in bondage" [ Hbr 2:15 ], "shall be destroyed" [ 1Cr 15:26 ]. Then all things will have been put under his feet, "principalities and powers being made subject to him" [ 1Pe 3:22 ]. This view, so far from being alien from the scope of the passage, is more consistent than any other; for man as a race cannot well be conceived to have a higher honor put upon him than to be thus exalted in the person and destiny of Jesus of Nazareth. And at the same time, by no other of His glorious manifestations has God more illustriously declared those attributes which distinguish His name than in the scheme of redemption, of which this economy forms such an important and essential feature. In the generic import of the language, as describing man's present relation to the works of God's hands, it may be regarded as typical, thus allowing not only the usual application, but also this higher sense which the inspired writers of the New Testament have assigned it.
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