Studying Leviticus and Matthew at the present time.
Psalm 8 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.
Verse 1 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
David is praising the name of the LORD but he does not use His name. Why? Because in the OT the name of God was multiple expressing His character. He is out banner or our peace etc. He is I AM which means He has been, is and always will be God almighty. The actual name was not revealed until the birth of Jesus.
Verse 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Children and new believers are some of the most honest communicators. As people age both physically and in the faith, they learn to behave and think according to the majority of the church and tend to loose the freshness of thought and wonder that comes with youth.
Verses 3-4 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
David asks a very good question. Why does God bother with people that cannot make planets and stars or a single flower. People are so helpless and powerless compared to God that David is in wonderment as to why He tolerates sinful man
Verse 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Verses 6-7 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Verse 9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!