psalm 8:1 meaning

The psalm ends the way it began, praising the excellence of God's name in all the earth, which is the proper response of His creation, especially man (9). Probably only a general sense of the majesty of Him “that is higher than the highest” (Ecclesiastes 5:8), and “whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain” (1 Kings 8:27), occupied the poet’s mind. Psalm 8:1 In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10. 2:6-8). This exclamation of David implies, that when all the faculties of the human mind are exerted to the utmost in meditation on this subject, (130) they yet come far short of it. excellent in its nature, it being good news, and glad tidings of A song at the dedication of r the temple. Who hast set thy glory above - as a crown (Psalms 8:5) upon "the heavens." God's glory is magnified by his works, and by his love to man. Thy name: i.e. each of the parts of the world. precious promises it contains; and in its usefulness for the But if we remember what is said in other passages of Scripture, respecting the impossibility of expressing in words the works of God, we will not be surprised that David, by this exclamation, acknowledges himself unequal to the task of recounting them. 2. Psalm 1 1 Meaning: “Counsel” And you know, if that was all there was to these kinds of men, they might not be so difficult to deal with. may you and I, as we go over it, have our souls led out in divine contemplation of the surpassing glory of our Lord Jesus, who is here so sweetly celebrated as the King and Head of his church and people. Vv.1-9.-God's glory seen in the starry heavens enhances His grace in raising seemingly insignificant man, in the person of the Messiah, above all creations. 14:9 ) ; shall be fulfilled; who hast set thy glory above the heavens: Psalms 8 /. And this glory of God is most eminent in the gospel and the work of redemption. our. Psalms are usually identified by a sequence number, often preceded by the abbreviation "Ps." good things, which display the love, grace, mercy, and kindness It relates, however, more eminently to our Blessed Saviour's victorious resurrection from the grave, and his triumphal ascension into heaven, whereby our human nature was exalted above all the creatures in the world. The Authorised Version may be retained, since it meets all the requirements of the context, and is etymologically correct; though, grammatically, Ewald’s correction, which also agrees with the Vulg., is preferable, “Thou whose splendour is raised above the heavens.” The precise thought in the poet’s mind has also been the subject of contention. 1. were strangers to the covenants of promise, ( Psalms 76:1 Psalms 76:2 ) ( David also confesses that the Lord is the strength of his life. particularly his Gospel; see ( John 17:6 ) ( Acts 9:15 ) ; this is 147:20 ) ( Ephesians It must be determined by the parallelism, and by the fact that the poet, in Psalms 8:4, merely expands the thought he had before expressed. Article Images Copyright © 2021 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. The presses. To try to comment on verse 1 is kind of like commenting on the splendor of the Grand Canyon. Psalm 27 1 Meaning – The LORD is the strength of my life. (Berthier) --- St. Augustine applies the expressions to the good and bad in the Church. and that "in all the earth", being carried by the apostles, who of God to men, as well as his wisdom, power, truth, and God’s glory is displayed on earth in His name, His real glory is above the heavens. .—The. David, therefore, when reflecting on the incomprehensible goodness which God has been graciously pleased to bestow on the human race, and feeling all his thoughts and senses swallowed up, and overwhelmed in the contemplation, exclaims that it is a subject worthy of admiration, because it cannot be set forth in words. which he is called; but either himself, his nature and . Matthew 21:15-16. The light of it shines in men’s faces everywhere, Romans 1:20; if they shut their eyes against it, that is their fault. (Calmet) Gothuth. His name (character) exalted in all the earth 2. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Under the spirit of prophecy, and with an eye to Christ, the sacred writer of it expresseth his astonishment at the incarnation of Jesus, and then soars in the loftiest strains of adoration and joy at his wonderful glory. His glory set above the heavens B. Others see an antithesis. Words really can’t do it justice. . David extolleth the majesty, power, and providence of God in the world, Psalms 8:1-3; and his love and kindness to mankind, Psalms 8:4,5, in giving him power over the earth, Psalms 8:6,7, the air, and the sea, Psalms 8:8,9. 6.) In all the earth— Whether men perceive and respond to it or not, thy name is excellent. See Isaiah 40:5 Malachi 1:5, &c. Who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 16., 1 Corinthians xv. Oh! Jehovah, the one God, who is Lord of all angels and men, and in an especial manner Lord and King of saints; how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! Introduction. The Septuagint must have read a v for i. to Jacob; but as for the Gentiles, they were without them, and The creation reflects his glory because it … world. In the Son He manifests His name. 85:9 ) ; and David addresses God using the Hebrew term YHWH, also known as the tetragrammaton. ык Его святое имя? The same title is prefixed to Psalms 81:1 84:1. 1 Gittith= "winepress," and so, of the harvest, in the sense of judgment Isaiah 63:3; Revelation 19:15; Psalms 7:1, to which the title of Psalms 8. properly belongs, is a Psalm of judgment. The Psalms: 8: God's Glory and Man's Honor: To the chief Musician upon Git'tith, A Psalm of David. You have set your glory above the heavens. The psalm foretells the recovery by the Second Adam of the dominion over the earth and all nature, forfeited by the tint Adam. There is here a contrast between the small (‘our’) and the great (all the earth’) which continues throughout the psalm. In all the earth!] to one infinitely higher than the chief musician in the temple service, it should seem that this would be more in correspondence to the divine truths of the gospel expressed through every part of it. God tells Job of his own great works (the elephant and whale especially), and thereby brings him to a right temper. The Gittith was an instrument, or possibly a tune, invented in Gath, whence David brought it after his sojourn there with Achish (1 Samuel 27:2); or else it is derived from gat (Hebrew #1660), a wine-press, being used on occasions of joy, like the vintage. Lord implies rule, mastership, and ownership. How excellent (glorious) is thy manifestation of thyself (cf. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 1 The Prophet considering the excellent liberality and Fatherly providence of God toward man, whom he made as it were a god over all his works, doth not only give great thanks, but is astonished with the admiration of the same, as one nothing able to compass … He interprets the psalm to make it fit Christ. 1:11 ) ( Zechariah ) . thy fame or glory, as it is explained in the next clause, and as the name commonly signifies, as Genesis 6:4 Ecclesiastes 7:1 Philippians 2:9. A messianic psalm of David—He says that babes and children praise the Lord—He asks, What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? How excellent is your name in all the earth. Other Psalms are clearly classified on account of content, and they may be in themselves laments or Psalms of thanksgiving. HIS POWER OVER ENEMIES (2) 1. Psalms 8:1 « To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. stich; Lat. 2 O L ord my God, I u cried to you for help, and you have v healed me. It cannot Hebrews 2:6-10. Psalms 8:1-2 "O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens! (1) O Lord our Lord.—Jehovah our Lord. And, as if this was not enough, our Lord Jesus himself made a complete application of this Psalm to his own person and glory, in his conversation with the chief Priests and Scribes. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger." Among the “royal” Psalms that deal directly with the currently reigning king, are Ps 20, 21, and 72. Learn more. glory; in whom is all the fulness of the Godhead, the glory of BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD: The Holy Bible: King James Version. Its two sides stand for God's eternal glory outside of creation, strong and immoveable as the eternal shores which support the bridge. Some take the clause to refer to the praises raised in Jehovah’s honour higher than the heavens, a thought parallel to the preceding clause; others, to the visible glory spread over the sky. The bridge arching across the rough ground is where the glory of God is revealed in time and space. ‘The name’ to Israel ever indicated the essence of the one to whom the name was applied. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. heavens, ( Hebrews 7:26 . 2 O LORD, our Lord, how awesome is your name through all the earth! So the great Creator had become their Deliverer. Others have supposed that Gittith is the same as Gittite, meaning Goliath the Gittite, in allusion to David's victory over Goliath of Gath, to whom David, in comparison of size, was but as one of those whom the Psalm celebrates, as giving forth praise out of the mouth of babes and sucklings. Always. In Hebrew Gittith, supposed to be a musical instrument: (Challoner) or, "the musicians from Geth," who were famous, and might follow David, 2 Kings i. You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!" So in Psalms 110:1, 'Yahweh said unto my Lord.' It ought rather to be referred to the works and properties by which he is known, than to his essence. all the earth. So what does the author of Hebrews do? Yet St. Jerome and Pagnin agree with them; (Haydock) and that sense seems as plausible as any other. He showed his word, and gave his statutes and ordinances perfections; or rather that by which he is made known, and To the chief Musician upon Gittith] Upon the cittern, or gittern, brought from Gath, saith the Chaldee paraphrast; or, that was used by the sons of Obed Edom, the Gittite, 2 Samuel 6:10; or, that was sung at the wine presses, as the Greek hath it, for a thanksgiving in time of vintage: This last Aben Ezra disliketh, though I see no reason why he should, Vani heroines exponunt de torculari (Aben-Ezra). exaltation the Spirit was poured down upon the apostles, and they - Upon Gittith. God, as existing in Himself, is nameless. Heb. Some have conjectured that Gittith means the tune to which this Psalm was sung. were endowed with girls qualifying them to carry the Gospel into how excellent is this. ( Malachi per species Creaturarum, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations - therefore were they given up to a reprobate sense, Romans 1:21; Romans 1:28. Additional Resources: Another interpretation of Psalm 23 can be found here, “Praying the 23rd Psalm.” Jesus Calling by Sarah Young. 1 Corinthians 2:8. 13. He is not only ‘the Lord’, He isourLord. 3 with the mouths of babes a and infants. Thy name—The manifestations of Thyself, by which thou art known. The ancient versions also disagree. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Gospel times; for not in his time, nor in any period under the Where a man cannot look beside a miracle, so full of God are all places. his 81, title; 84, titleGittith.#:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term A Psalm of David. His name was great in Israel, but not in all the righteousness, and life and salvation by him, the spiritual Who hast set thy glory above the heavens — Why do I speak of the earth? See Psalms 20:1. (Psalm 8:1 NET). thy glory or praise reacheth to the heavens, and indeed above all the visible heavens, even to the heaven of heavens; where thy throne of glory is established, where the blessed angels celebrate thy praises, where Christ sitteth at thy right hand in glorious majesty, from whence he poureth down excellent gifts upon babes, &c., as it followeth. The verb תנה, tenah, has been rendered by some in the preterite tense, hast set, but in my judgment, those give a more accurate translation who render it in the infinitive mood, to place or to set; because the second clause is just an amplification of the subject of the first; as if he had said, the earth is too small to contain the glory or the wonderful manifestations of the character and perfections of God. To the chief Musician upon Gittith. The sun, moon, and stars in "the havens" manifest God's "glory" (Psalms 8:3). The earth is a small point in comparison to the heavens, and is governed by them, as R. David here noteth. and will be still more fully accomplished when the prophecies in There is no speech nor language, but the voice of God’s glory is heard, or may be heard in it. faithfulness; and in the subject matter of it, Christ and his (Ferrand.) Equal to the New Testament “Our Father.” David speaks not as a private individual, but for the human race. (Berthier) --- The Jews confess that it speaks of the Messias. who hast set thy glory above the heavens. "O Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! The meaning here is, that in what is referred to, there was, as it were, some basis or foundation for what is called “strength;” that is, that what is here meant by “strength” rested on that as a foundation - to wit, on what was done by babes and sucklings. It will be noted that we went back to the KJV in the first line of Psalms 8:1. [⇑ See verse text ⇑] As David looks on nature, he exclaims that the Lord's name is majestic in all the earth. You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, LORD, do I seek.” O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; Psalm 145:1 David's Psalm of praise. And His name is all-excelling, majestic over all the earth (compare Psalms 104:1 onwards, where that majesty is clearly revealed), for He is Lord of the whole earth and is its Creator. In our creation in Adam. This beautiful little volume reminds me of the closeness and intimacy we experience with God through Psalm … Rhet. Numbering of the Psalms differs—mostly by one, see table—between the Hebrew and Greek (Septuagint) manuscripts.Protestant translations (Lutheran, Anglican, Calvinist) use the Hebrew numbering, but other Christian traditions vary: . all the divine perfections; so called ( Psalms 63:2 ) ( Admiratio peperit Philosophiam, saith another, Admiration brought forth philosophy: let it breed devotion in us, and a desire to praise God, who hath therefore displayed his excellencies in his works, that we might give him his due glory. He has chosen them as His people, and they are uniquely His, and yet at the same time His excellence is revealed over the whole world. Psalm 8:5 Or him; Psalm 8:5 Or than God; Psalm 8:5 Or him; Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . Psalm 72:17-19 But the ascription of praise, which might at first sight appear only to stress the glory of His name, also stresses His close relationship with His people. him at the right hand of God; where angels, principalities, and David, therefore, says that the earth is full of the wonderful glory of God, so that the fame or renown thereof not only reaches to the heavens, but ascends far above them. How excellent is thy name — That is, thy glory, as it is explained in the next clause; in all the earth — The works of creation and providence evince and proclaim to all the world that there is an infinite Being, the fountain of all being, power, and perfection; the sovereign Ruler, powerful Protector, and bountiful Benefactor of all creatures. Who hast set thy glory above the heavens. The doctrine is against polytheism, which makes the heavenly bodies the abodes of the gods; and the idea is, that the heavens are, to all the earth, the reflection of the divine glory, even though it awakens no echo in millions of hearts. See Psalms 19:1-3; Romans 1:20. * This was especially true of former shepherd-boy turned king. It is the glorious Psalms There may be an enigmatical reference to Messiah treading the wine-press (Isaiah 63:3; Revelation 19:15). If we read this verse according to the authority we have to read it, where the word Lord, when translated in capitals, means Jehovah, and where the same word Lord, in smaller letters, means Adonai, then it will be beautiful indeed for then the expression carries with it the Lord Jehovah as beheld in a covenant way in Christ. The third line expresses a parallel thought. . » O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! OUTLINE I. И в трепете святом благоговею. One of the dominant messages of the Scriptures is that the Lord God is sovereign over his creation. 20., and xv. For the scope and business of this Psalm seems plainly to be this, to display and celebrate the great love and kindness of God to mankind, not only in his creation, but also and especially in his redemption by Jesus Christ; whom, as he was man, he advanced to the honour and dominion here mentioned, that he might carry on that great and glorious work. And David is inviting us to consider what a fortress is like. You have set your glory above the heavens. how truly hath Jehovah exalted his glory, even in the person of the Lord of glory, Christ Jesus, far above all heavens. Old Testament, was the name of the Lord glorious and excellent in Title. 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