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Psalm 8
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God is to be glorified, for making known himself to us. (1,2) And for
making even the heavenly bodies useful to man, thereby placing him but little
lower than the angels. (3-9)
Verses 1-2 The
psalmist seeks to give unto God the glory due to his name. How bright this glory
shines even in this lower world! He is ours, for he made us, protects us, and
takes special care of us. The birth, life, preaching, miracles, suffering,
death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus are known through the world. No name
is so universal, no power and influence so generally felt, as those of the
Saviour of mankind. But how much brighter it shines in the upper world! We, on
this earth, only hear God's excellent name, and praise that; the angels and
blessed spirits above, see his glory, and praise that; yet he is exalted far
above even their blessing and praise. Sometimes the grace of God appears
wonderfully in young children. Sometimes the power of God brings to pass great
things in his church, by very weak and unlikely instruments, that the excellency
of the power might the more evidently appear to be of God, and not of man. This
he does, because of his enemies, that he may put them to silence.
Verses 3-9 We are
to consider the heavens, that man thus may be directed to set his affections on
things above. What is man, so mean a creature, that he should be thus honoured!
so sinful a creature, that he should be thus favoured! Man has sovereign
dominion over the inferior creatures, under God, and is appointed their lord.
This refers to Christ. In
hebrews 2:6-8, the
apostle, to prove the sovereign dominion of Christ, shows he is that Man, that
Son of man, here spoken of, whom God has made to have dominion over the works of
his hands. The greatest favour ever showed to the human race, and the greatest
honour ever put upon human nature, were exemplified in the Lord Jesus. With good
reason does the psalmist conclude as he began, Lord, how excellent is thy name
in all the earth, which has been honoured with the presence of the Redeemer, and
is still enlightened by his gospel, and governed by his wisdom and power! What
words can reach his praises, who has a right to our obedience as our Redeemer?
Psalm 8:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Spurgeon
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 Job Proverbs
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