O Lord, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have set Your glory above the heavens!2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have [b]ordained strength,
Because of Your enemies,
That You may 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 are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You visit[c] him?
5 For You have made him a little lower than [d]the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,
7 All sheep and oxen—
Even the beasts of the field,
8 The birds of the air,
And the fish of the sea
That pass through the paths of the seas.9 O Lord, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth!Psalm 8
The glory of the Lord of creation. David glorifies the Lord, from His glory above the heavens to what comes from the mouths of babes. He looks over all creation, the heavens, the moon and stars, and wonders what about a man has made the Lord consider him?
Lower than the angels, crowned with glory and honor, with dominion over God’s creations, so many blessings upon the sinful creation that is man. Truly the Lord’s name is excellent in all the earth! This psalm reminded me of Moses in Exodus 3:11 – “Who am I?” or Matthew 10:30 “More valuable to God than many sparrows…”
What makes man so worthy of God’s excellence? His grace and mercy? He created us and He loves us! He loves us so greatly that He sacrificed His only Son to save us! How excellent is His name in all the earth! Praise the Lord!
