Psalm 8 1. The Worship of God's Reflective Glory God’s Superiority 8:1 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 2. The Wisdom of God’ Elective Glory (8:2) God’s Simplicity - 8:,2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 1. The Innocence of a Child Celebrates His Praise (8:2) Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength 2. The Impotence of a Child Demonstrates. His Power (8:2) because of thine enemies 3. The Importance of a Child Demonstrates His Protection (8:2) that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 3. The Witness of God’ Creative Glory (8:3) God’s Space - 8:3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 1. The Immensity of God’ Creation (8:3) When I consider thy heavens 2. The Activity of God’ Creation (8:3) the work of thy fingers 3. The Inerrancy of God's Creation (8:3) the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4. The Wonder of God’ Redemptive Glory (8:4;) God’s Son - 8:4-8 1. The Place of Dignity (8:4) What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? The Messiah Is Spotlighted For Admiration - 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? The Messiah Is Selected For Attention - 8:4 and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 2. The Place of Divinity (8:5) For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. The Messiah Is Subjected To Angels - 8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, The Messiah Is Superior To Angels - 8:5 and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 3. The Place of Dominion (8:6) Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: The Messiah Is Sovereign of All - 8:6-8 His Dominion Is Universal - 8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; His Dominion Is Unconditional - 8:6 thou hast put all things under his feet: His Dominion Is Unrestricted - 8:7,8 Sheep - 8:7 All sheep, Oxen - 8:7 and oxen, Beasts - 8:7 yea, and the beasts of the field; Birds - 8:8 The fowl of the air, Fish - 8:8 and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 5. The Worship of God's Reflective Glory God’s Song - 8:9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
