2007-03-08 18:23:46 · 12 answers · asked by chucky 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is a book in the Old Testament.
2007-03-08 18:26:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
What does Psalm 8 say?
2007-03-08 18:35:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Psalm 8 of course is a Psalm of Praise. Go to the site and check out the various resources concerning this particular Psalm.
I Cr 13;8a
http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Psa/Psa008.html#top
2007-03-08 18:31:34 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Several hymns of praise emphasize admiration and wonder at God’s creation. In Psalm 8, David begins and ends with the same words of praise: "O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!" (verses 1, 9). Beginning and ending a thought with the same words is known as the envelope structure, which is common in the book of Psalms. This structure emphasizes the main point — God’s name is to be praised in all the earth.
While David praises God for the creation, he also marvels that God is so concerned with humans: "When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?" (verses 3-4).
Humans, alone of God’s creation, were made in the image of God. God, the transcendent Creator of the universe, wants us to have an eternal relationship with him. He begins by giving us an important responsibility on his earth: "You made [man] a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas" (verses 5-8).
2007-03-08 18:32:53 · answer #4 · answered by Tenn Gal 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Pslams 8:2, An almighty God needs no great powers to back Him. He shuts up His enemies through little children and their spontaneous praise. That is exactly what happened in Jesus' time.
Pslams 8:4-5 is talking about Jesus. In those verses you'll see where David says the Son of Man, Jesus was is called the Son of Man in the New Testament.
2007-03-08 18:36:54 · answer #5 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Psalm 8 is a messanic Psalm of david.God made man to have dominion over the animals.
2007-03-08 18:31:53 · answer #6 · answered by josephine s 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Psalm 8 contrasts Jehovah’s greatness with man’s smallness.
2007-03-08 18:37:34 · answer #7 · answered by sixfoothigh 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It describes man and his domination over the universe, the first and last three verses make it clear that the psalm was written primarily to exalt the Creator. 2)It refers to man's present, actual position, though ruined somewhat by the fall. 3)It points to the man redeemed and restored in the future to his exalted position. The second view is preferred since the psalmist seems to be observing life as it is in the present.
2007-03-08 18:37:10 · answer #8 · answered by Dakota Lynn Takes Gun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that particular chapter talks about Jesus, "For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet:"
That alto He temporally became lower then angels everything was still put under Hes feet by God.
2007-03-08 18:50:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Majesty in creation.
It seems to picture creation itself singing praises to God...
2007-03-08 18:26:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋