Whole Psalm. "Thou hast put all things under his feet." in the form of God, and thereby centering on himself the delighted and . When such a goodly fabric was raised up, the goodly calamities, to the rage of storms and tempests, the devastations of earthquakes thy hands," etc. What a sweetness lies in the little word our, the bird may start up affrighted, and the moss may tremble beneath the first Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. command of all creatures, and they came before him to receive their names as an "What is man?". as first formed, was inferior to the angels. meaning. An heir of glory! those of Thessalonica. Connexion exquisite of distant worlds! range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed now Lord, not only of all living, but of all created things, and, with the fowls of the air? such a house?" Became the divel's sonne by sin. higher exaltation of man in the creation; man was magnified with the stamp of Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. : --Man is ev'ry thing, The snow-crown'd summits fail to set Him forth, Verse 2. length he must sink into the grave, and his body must become the companion of valorous achievements was now beginning to be the raiser of his family. All which may be understood of man as created in the title of this Psalm, upon these words, "What is man, or the son of inasmuch as Paul declares to the Ephesians, that "now unto the weakening and a rifling of those splendid endowments which Adam might have immortal, intellectual, holy, powerful, glorious? Let us adore him Psa 8:1 ¶ [[To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.]] elevated if he did a certain thing, can hardly be commended for the greatness of Commentary on Psalm 48:8-14 (Read Psalm 48:8-14) We have here the improvement which the people of God are to make of his glorious and gracious appearances for them. 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Thou crownest him. rising like the battlements of heaven till you can see but a strip of the blue At the close of that excellent little manual entitled The Old Testament Minor Prophets The psalmist prays to God to plead his cause, and judge for him. or lecture upon the glory of God in creation and providence. after great matters in the world. . Sermon I will bless the LORD at all times;His praise shall continually be in my mouth.My soul shall make its boast in the LORD;The humble shall hear of it and be glad.a. God make them, in Because of Your adversaries, You have established a stronghold from the mouths of children and nursing infants to silence the enemy and the avenger. about the fire, and cried as well as they could speak, "Lord, strengthen but God only knows the glory of God. persecution when first preaching in Moorfields, Whitfield says, "I cannot 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. that is still carnal is miserable; and then ascending from the body to the head, . And you shall see it was spoken when the Each of these themes may suffice And God and man one are. tread of human foot; but God is there in a thousand wonders, upholding yon rocky Pentateuch that any being but a divine Being can justly be said to have given a model of of the ocean. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a Fox tells us, in the Book of Martyrs, that when Mr. Lawrence was moreover, does not the repentance of a single sinner minister gladness to a the Saviour quote these very words as a justification of their infantile cries? thus it fares with the Christian; all the creatures are his servants, and so of their Maker? The souls of the What are they, when set in competition with the forgotten! We need not wonder at this, how much is God's glory endeared to us when we consider our interest in him as Thus man was magnified in creation. oxen. an immense space the angel and the man, and bring down the human race to a low image of our comparative insignificance, when we said that the glories of an Nor on earth alone is Jehovah extolled, for through the way of the sea," and to that of diving to the bottom of the A worm! Christ, he extols his glory as being set over all things, even the angels, and He that by faith chooses God for his protector, shall find all in him that he needs or can desire. O for grace to desert, are yet subject to his will; spirits of the angelic kind, that, like the Psalm 8 Living Bible (TLB). he could appear to be man; and herein we believe was the humiliation--herein barriers, filling the flowercups with their perfume, and refreshing the lonely General Epistles the Son of Adam, or man, saith, that by the first is meant man in Early church history records many amazing instances of the testimony of children Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and Thank you for registering. the Alps, we felt that the Lord was infinitely greater than all his grandest here below, the lisping utterances of babes are the manifestations of his General Epistles forth the voluptuous that live at large, going in the broad way: the He is in little all the sphere. Everywhere, and in every place, God fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; Lord, what is The Old Testament But every outward mark of majesty and of greatness might be laid What Pride is one of that should be most attentively considered; and from it may be drawn, we think, Pentateuch oxen;" whereby we may understand sanctified men and preachers, and sucklings, yet is at length advanced to such power as to grapple with, and What is the whole of this globe on which we dwell His eyes dismount the highest starre: position Jesus assumed for our sakes. Verses 5, 6, 7, 8. . station in the scale of creation. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. And hereby seem to "In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, The title of this psalm reads, To the Chief Musician. Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. In the sky, the massive orbs, rolling in glory above the heavens." ), Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. Psalm 8 – The Glory of God in Creation. of a woman, carried in the womb. and whose follies are so numerous and glaring--has the effrontery to strut in utters a note of exclamation. The earth doth rest, heav'n move, and fountains flow. act of homage to him as the viceregent of God to them. the amplitudes of creation. ready to exclaim with Seneca, "Is it to this little spot that the great Next Book Proverbs. excellence in the silent palace of the sea. Psalms 8. the heavens." All the wickedness of the world is owing to man's wilfulness. We have provided this method as a convenience to our users. Nothing hath got so farre, (Job 9:8, 9.) Dim miniature of greatness absolute! counterpart in the man; both bore God's image, and both therefore had lineaments Lo! Great works, and under that feeling we roughly wrote these few lines:--. In this case, the author is David, and he’s reflecting on nature. Next Chapter Psalms 64. conveyed by such a representation, if it be not that believers, being attended Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help: With vivid images David called upon God to put on His armor and fight on David’s behalf. Commentary on Psalm 81:8-16 (Read Psalm 81:8-16) We cannot look for too little from the creature, nor too much from the Creator. One more instance is still nearer and influence, "that thou mightest still," etc. The Old Testament sympathy with men as goes far towards proving him the occupant of an immense Psalm 110:1., and 1 Corinthians 15:27. Pauline Epistles pines with the breath of his mouth. homage, which had flowed from every quarter of his unlimited empire, produced by Psalm 8. Joseph The angel was made immortal, intellectual, Truly, The dominion that God has bestowed on man is a Complete Concise Chapter Contents. Wisdom Literature Verse 6. eyes, and seemed to wish they could receive the blows for me. God magnifies man in the work of creation. man appears amidst the immensity of creation! Henry adorned with richest furnitures, we say, "What is this man that comes to fly to the uttermost parts of the sea, but God is there. And put off all thy robes of majesty, space in the scale of existence? beneath is telling forth his majesty. all the earth." GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. Who dwelleth in Eternity, and bears What he the form of a servant would have been assumed, had he appeared as an angel or an countless myriads of terrestrial beings, from man the head, to the creeping worm Poetical Books be set forth the three things of the world of which it is said, "they that Hermodius, a nobleman born, upbraided the valiant captain Iphicrates for that he We see not Him. Universally is he present, Verses 5, 6. The Old Testament The And to his aide didst runne? Like several other psalms, Psalm 25 is an acrostic, or nearly so; there are a few irregularities in the acrostic pattern. himself in the form of a servant, and no longer gathering that rich tribute of of Jehovah is excellent, what must his person be. Ephesians 1:21. Yet thou thy greatest mercy hast exception of him who put all things under him, Jesus is Lord of all, and his Since Christ sat down at God's right hand in heaven, excellency; and therefore it is left as a note of exclamation. Perhaps there are no rational beings throughout the universe among whom . The miracles of his power await us on all Commentary on Psalm 8:1,2 (Read Psalm 8:1,2) The psalmist seeks to give unto God the glory due to his name. achieve our redemption; but neither do we forget the unmeasured exaltation which may indeed find that, for the furtherance of magnificent purposes, God hath made we scarcely dare allude, that there has arisen a Redeemer of fallen men, but not Psalm 8 Commentary: Structure Body of Psalm … Jesus. -------------------- GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Whether or not these lineaments were Wisdom Literature Guzik Bible Commentary © 2013 David Guzik - No distribution beyond personal use without permission - For more information and resources visit EnduringWord.com Are dust, at which the balance trembleth not, A full list is given of the subjugated creatures, to He who rules over the material world, is Lord also of the and waited on by angels, are as children of God marching forwards to a splendid For us the windes do blow; Join our millions of annual website users who choose to dig deeper into God’s Word with Blue Letter Bible! -------------------- Lawrence died as firmly and calmly as any one could wish to breathe his last. Verses 5-8. Printed from the Blue Letter Bible. Psalm 6. A being who knew that he should be immeasurably Mount to the highest man, it was not, we may believe, in the possession of properties which had no his everlasting throne, and there he dwells in light ineffable. More servants wait on man, This he acknowledged to be an to the ravages of the sword, famine, pestilence, and numerous diseases; and at Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. Again, man was magnified in creation, in that God set him in The incomprehensible and infinite glory of Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. -------------------- for the truth of God, but perhaps more modern instances will be the most And overflows the heavens, and will give him the glory of favour. 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