Psalm 8:1-9
A psalm of David.
1 O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
above the heavens.
2 From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise
because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
3 When I consider 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,
the son of man that you care for him?
5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:
7 all flocks and herds,
and the beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
King David knew and felt the Presence of God...David writes about how majestic is His name in all the earth...When David looked up and around and seen all that God has created, he was amazed...The finger of God made the moon and the stars...God has set all the universe in place...David knew that since God was the One who created everything on earth and in the heavens, that He is Almighty...
In our manly and earthly terms, God is the most creative, most intelligent, and the Great Designer of our universe...How can we compare to Him?...David says, "What is man that you are mindful of him?"...God made man ruler over the works of His hand, and yet we in comparison (to Him) are just grasshoppers (Isaiah 40:22) to Him...
David knows that man is a little lower than the heavenly beings...David may have been telling us that man is under angels and/or in his ability to understand the spirit and soul and what He is and what He can do for us in our daily lives...David knew God and trusted God in his daily life...When David was in the Valley of Elah, he told Goliath that he came in the name of the LORD Almighty, and he would defeat him (Goliath) and show the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel...God was a part of David's life and successes and failures, and he trusted the LORD...David knows we pale insignificance to the Almighty God and His power...David trusted the LORD's power, and God became a part of David's daily life...
We are told You have set Your glory above the heavens...God who created and designed the earth are heavens gave man the power to subdue and rule over the earth...We are to rule and be good stewards of the earth...He gives us so much, and why?...It is because God is Love...And God rules over everything...He is the One above the heavens...He is in perfect control...His worthiness of all He has done, all He has created, all He has designed and does gives testimony to His name and are worthy of praise, glory, honor, and respect...