Psalm 8 For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument. (Boice) iv. 8 God, brilliant Lord,    yours is a household name. 8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. Apr 8, 2007. 2 Nursing infants gurgle choruses about you; toddlers shout the songs That drown out enemy talk, and silence atheist babble. That just means, the author wrote it to reflect and meditate on something. In Latin, it is known as "Domine Dominus noster". 5-8 Yet we’ve so narrowly missed being gods,    bright with Eden’s dawn light.You put us in charge of your handcrafted world,    repeated to us your Genesis-charge,Made us lords of sheep and cattle,    even animals out in the wild,Birds flying and fish swimming,    whales singing in the ocean deeps. On the instrument of Gath. The Message Bible Psalm 8 1 God, brilliant Lord, yours is a household name. Lord, our Lord,how majestic is your name in all th In this psalm David speaks of the glory of God, and how the glory of man and his destiny reflect upon God. You have set your glory in the heavens. Moon and stars mounted in their settings. You have set your glory(B)    in the heavens. 8 God, brilliant Lord,    yours is a household name. He listens the split second I call to him. In the use of this Psalm, then, we anticipate that victory, and in the praise we thus celebrate, we go on from strength to strength, till, with him who is our glorious Head, we appear in Zion before God. 5 You have made them[d] a little lower than the angels[e](J)    and crowned them[f] with glory and honor. NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Your glory is higher than the heavens. Then I look at my micro-self and wonder,Why do you bother with us? This Psalm of David begins and ends with the same phrase, “O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth” (ESV). Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan. Psalm 8:1 - NIV: LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! According to gittith. "The most striking feature of Psalm 8 … is its description of man and his place in the created order. A Psalm of David.It indicates the audience of the psalm (the Chief Musician), the author of the psalm (of David) and the sound of the psalm (the instrument of Gath). 2 Nursing infants gurgle choruses about you;    toddlers shout the songsThat drown out enemy talk,    and silence atheist babble. You put us in charge of your handcrafted world. (C)2 Through the praise of children and infants    you have established a stronghold(D) against your enemies,    to silence the foe(E) and the avenger.3 When I consider your heavens,(F)    the work of your fingers,(G)the moon and the stars,(H)    which you have set in place,4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,    human beings that you care for them?[c](I). It is perfectly under his control. God's Glory and Man's Honor 8 1 God, brilliant Lord, yours is a household name. LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8. But Psalm 8 is unique in at least two ways. A psalm of David. Psalm 8#In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.For the director of music. Moon and stars mounted in their settings. This short Psalm is unique. Psalm 8:9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! But the psalm does not begin by talking about man. Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. Why take a second look our way? Psalm 63:1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. The Vatican submitted the text of Psalm 8, making it the first Biblical text to reach the moon. Psalm 8 is the eighth psalm of the Book of Psalms, generally known in English by its first verse, in the King James Version, "O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!". Like Psalms 81 and 84, this psalm opens with a direction to the chief musician to perform upon the gittit or gittith, which either refers to a musical instrument, a style of performance, or alludes to per The Message Large-Print Deluxe Gift Bible--soft leather-look, green, The Message Canvas Bible: Coloring and Journaling the Story of God, Leather-Look, Gold Leaf, The Message Deluxe Gift Bible, Brown/Saddle Tan Leather-Look. 1 Lord, our Lord,    how majestic is your name(A) in all the earth! 9 God, brilliant Lord,    your name echoes around the world. And we saw that the fact that God created all things good is what we call a foundational principle. You just need to get out of the way and let people see it! Its authorship is traditionally assigned to King David. 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