Saturday, March 9, 2013

Saturday in the Psalms (Psalm 8)


Psalm 8 (ESV)

How Majestic Is Your Name

To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith.  A Psalm of David.

Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
    Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established strength because of your foes,
    to still the enemy and the avenger.
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
    the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
    and the son of man that you care for him?
Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
    and crowned him with glory and honor.
You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;
    you have put all things under his feet,
all sheep and oxen,
    and also the beasts of the field,
the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
    whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

We are the amazing product of the magnificent God David spoke of in this Psalm for He has made us in His own image. Consider His creation...the wonder of galaxy upon galaxy! Yet, He desires our praise and a relationship with us! The trees could clap their hands and the rocks cry out in praise of Him, but it is man's praise that He longs for! We were His heart's desire when He placed Adam in the garden and when He placed Jesus in the manger. We are still at this very moment His heart's desire! All praise, honor, glory, and majesty belong to the one who thought to make us, who designed us, who formed us, who redeemed us!

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