Module 17: God the Helper - Adoring Worship
Psalms Book 1 Ps. 1-41 - Jehovah, The Becoming One. The Helper (Adoring Worship)
Psalms Chapter 8 For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.
A.3. The Ultimate Purpose - Psalm 8
1. Jehovah's excellence manifest in Nature and man - Ps. 8
1 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!
2 From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
4 what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?
5 For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honour.
6 You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
7 All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,
8 the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
9 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Footnotes
- Verse 5 (Angels)
- Hebrew: Elohim. The word Elohim, used here, usually means "God", but can also mean "gods", "princes", or "angels". The Septuagint reads "angels" here. See also the quote from the Septuagint in Hebrews 2:7.