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Psalms 8 (ESV)
1 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?
5 Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings[b] and crowned him with glory and honor. 6 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, 7 all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, 8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
9 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Reflection
- Read this passage aloud slowly. As you read, think of the things and how they relate to each other in this psalm: babies babbling vs. the antagonist words of enemies and foes; vast universe vs. tiny human; the Creator vs. ordinary livelihood, etc.
- What thoughts come to mind as you read and think of these things? Tell God your thoughts and feelings. Close it by joining the psalmist in praising God: “O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!”