Psa 8 | EE | STEP | The music leader must use Gittith. This is a song of David. LORD, you are our most powerful king. Your name is famous in all the wide world. Your glory is over the skies.

Psalms 8

The Sky at Night

The music leader must use Gittith.

This is a song of David.

1 LORD, you are our most powerful king.

Your name is famous in all the wide world.

Your glory is over the skies. ^{▼▼8:1 Verse 1: Only God has true glory. He has it because he is so good. God’s glory shines from inside him. God shines brighter than the sun. We usually call God’s home ‘heaven.’ It is sometimes called ‘glory.’ In Matthew 6:9-13 Jesus taught us how to pray. He finished: ‘Yours (God) is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for always, Amen.’ A kingdom is everywhere that a king rules. Amen means, ‘Yes! We agree!’}

2 From the mouths of children and babies at the breast

you show what it is to be strong.

This is because you have enemies.

You will beat your enemies and the avenger. ^{▼▼8:2 Verse 2: God has many powerful enemies. The most powerful is Satan or the Devil. He may be the avenger in the psalm. But God will win. God is more powerful than all his enemies. There are 2 pictures of children in Psalm 8:2.
– Babies at the breast: this tells us: the love of a mother for her child is very strong; the child grows strong as it feeds from its mother.
– What children say: their words are usually true; their words show what they understand.
The Jews were very angry in Matthew 21:15-16. (See the words before the start of Psalm 8.) This was because the children understood who Jesus was! They praised Jesus. They said that he was the son of David. This meant that Jesus was the Messiah, God’s very special servant.}

3 When I look at your skies that your fingers made:

· I see the moon

· I see the stars

· You gave them all a place.

4 Then I ask:

· why do you remember men and women?

· what makes you visit them? ^{▼▼8:4 Verses 3-4: The night sky is so big and we are so small. Can God really see us and care for us? Yes! He remembers us and visits us. This happened when Jesus came to earth. Why did he come? The answer is in Psalm 8:5-8. This is the purpose of God for men and women. Satan stops us from doing it well. Jesus came to put things right. Jesus came on a very special visit.}

5 You made their place a little below God.

You made them feel as kings.

6 ^{▼▼This verse is empty because in this translation its contents have been moved to form part of verse Psa 8:8.} ^{▼▼In this translation, this verse contains text which in some other translations appears in verses Psa 8:6-Psa 8:8.}7 ^{▼▼This verse is empty because in this translation its contents have been moved to form part of verse Psa 8:8.} ^{▼▼In this translation, this verse contains text which in some other translations appears in verses Psa 8:6-Psa 8:8.}8 You made them to rule everything that your hands made.

You put everything under their feet:

· sheep and cows

· wild animals in the fields

· birds in the air

· fish in the waters

· monsters in the deep seas.

9 LORD, you are our most powerful king.

Your name is famous in all the wide world. ^{▼▼8:9 Verses 5-9: The New Testament of the Bible repeats Psalm 8:5. It translates God (Elohim in Hebrew) as angels. An angel is a servant of God. Usually we cannot see angels.}