The poet continues, in a rapturous strain, to complete the cycle of animated nature, and to describe man’s kingship over all other created beings. For St. Paul’s expansion of the thought, and elevation of it into yet a higher sphere, see 1 Corinthians 15:27.
Verse Psalms 8:6. _THOU MADEST HIM TO HAVE DOMINION_] Jesus Christ, who, being in the form of God, and equal with God, _for a time_ emptied himself, and made himself of no reputation; was afterwards...
THOU MADEST HIM TO HAVE DOMINION - Thou didst cause him to have, or didst give him this dominion. It does not mean that God made or created him for that end, but that he had conceded to him that domin...
Psalms 8 THE SON OF MAN: ALL THINGS PUT UNDER HIS FEET _ 1. A little lower than the angels; crowned with glory (Psalms 8:1)_ 2. All things put under Him (Psalms 8:6) 3. How excellent is Thy Name o...
VIII. A NATURE PSALM. Psalms 8:1 f. The majesty of God. In Matthew 2 defies the rudiments of Heb. grammar and all attempt at translation. Of many emendations the following is the most ingenious and do...
HIM: i.e. the "first man", Adam (Genesis 1:26). DOMINION, &C. This he lost in the Fall. WORKS. Some codices, with three early printed editions and Syriac, read "work" (singular) HANDS. Figure of sp...
THOU MADEST HIM TO HAVE DOMINION— As these words, and those which follow, are not here spoken of man, till after it is said that God had abased and humbled him; and man having not been established kin...
PSALMS 8 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Jehovah's Majesty Exalted by means of Man's Dominion. ANALYSIS An Original Solo, Psalms 8:3-8: Adapted to Temple Worship by Prelude and Refrain, Psalms 8:1 a, b, and...
_THOU MADEST HIM TO HAVE DOMINION OVER THE WORKS OF THY HANDS; THOU HAST PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET:_ Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands - alluding to Genesis 1:26; Genes...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
_[Psalms 8:7]_ תַּ֭מְשִׁילֵהוּ בְּ מַעֲשֵׂ֣י יָדֶ֑יךָ כֹּ֝ל...
Psalms 8:1 THE exclamation which begins and ends this psalm, enclosing it as a jewel in a setting, determines its theme as being neither the nightly heaven with all its stars, nor the dignity of man,...
This is a great song of worship. It opens and closes with the same words. These words enclose the psalm, and create its burden. The matters between are proofs of the opening and closing statements. Th...
Angels. Elohim means also "God," as St. Jerome, &c., explain it. Thou hast placed man like a deity upon earth. But St. Paul adopts the sense of the Septuagint. (Calmet) --- St. Jerome doubted whether...
These verses come in with greater fulness, to explain and to confirm what went before: how the Son of God was made a little, or for a little space, lower than the angels, during his incarnation and mi...
6._Thou hast set him over. _David now comes to the second point, which I have just now spoken of, namely, that from the dominion over all things which God has conferred upon men, it is evident how gre...
We have now come to Psalms 8 which closes this unfolding of the condition of the remnant, and the counsels of God as to the rejected Anointed of Jehovah. What is said is still by the mouth of the now...
THOU MADEST HIM TO HAVE DOMINION OVER THE WORKS OF THY HANDS,.... All power in heaven and in earth being given to him: when he was raised from the dead, and when he ascended on high, and was set down...
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet: Ver. 6. _Thou madest him to have dominion, &c._] He had so at first, Genesis 1:26, shall have...
_Thou madest him to have dominion over the work of thy hands _ Didst constitute him lord of the inferior creatures, and invest him with a sovereign dominion over them. The charter whereby man was to h...
Thou madest Him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands, as the Ruler of the entire universe, with boundless power and majesty, and that according to His human nature; THOU HAST PUT ALL THINGS UN...
THE GLORY OF MESSIAH'S NAME. To the chief musician, for liturgical performance, upon Gittith, a form of zither, named from the Philistine city of Gath, where the author had lived for some time. A psa...
3-9 We are to consider the heavens, that man thus may be directed to set his affections on things above. What is man, so mean a creature, that he should be thus honoured! so sinful a creature, that h...
Thou didst give all power and all things into his hands, MATTHEW 28:18 1 THESSALONIANS 13:3. THOU HAST PUT ALL THINGS, both in heaven, where are the angels mentioned PSALMS 8:5, and in the earth, air,...
Psalms 8:6 dominion H4910 (H8686) works H4639 hands H3027 put H7896 (H8804) feet H7272 madest -...
‘You made him to have dominion over the works of your hands, You have put all things under his feet, All sheep and oxen, Yes, and beasts of the field, The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea...
Psalms 8:6 This Psalm is stamped with a worldwide breadth; it is of no nation; it is of all time; it shines with a light transcending that of mere human genius. We are brought face to face with these...
Psalms 8:3 I. True greatness consists, not in weight and extension, but in intellectual power and moral worth. When the Psalmist looked up to the heavens, he was at first overwhelmed with a sense of h...
8 _:_ 1. _O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens._ They are very high, but thy glory is higher than the heavens. Psalms 8:2. Out of the...
CONTENTS: Meditation on the majesty of God's works and the insignificance of man. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: When we consider the majesty of God's wonderful works in the universe, we cannot...
Psalms 8:1. _How excellent is thy name._ See note on Proverbs 18:10. Psalms 8:2. _Thou hast ordained strength._ For some reason the LXX read αινον, _praise._ So our Saviour, it would seem, cited this...
_Thou hast put all things under his feet, etc._ CRUELTY TO ANIMALS If the lower creation were not too insignificant or worthless to contribute to the glory of Jesus, they cannot be deemed too insigni...
_Thou madest him to have dominion._ MAN’S DOMINION Dominion is a far-reaching word. We have not yet thrown our measuring line upon it, and realised all its suggestions and inspiration. Is there not a...
_How excellent is Thy name in all the earth! _ DAVID’S POETICAL SENSITIVENESS In all probability this Psalm is the first, or at all events one of the very first, David ever wrote. It breathes the sp...
A BROKEN TRUST Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands. Psalms 8:6 . Once upon a time there was a great artist who painted a beautiful picture. It was so wonderful that people...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 8:1. This hymn of praise helps the Lord’s people celebrate their glorious Creator, and their privileged place in his creation. With Genesis 1:1 as
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 8:6 This echoes Genesis 1:26. PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET. Paul quotes this verse along with the explicitly messianic...
INTRODUCTION “This is a psalm of thanksgiving to God for the exaltation of man above all terrestrial creatures. It is quoted by the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews with reference to Christ; but w...
EXPOSITION Psalm VIII. is altogether a psalm of praise and thanksgiving. Its primary idea is the condescending love and goodness of God towards man. That God, who had made the heavens, and sot his glo...
Psa 8:1-9 is to the chief musician upon Gittith. Now Gittith means wine press, and so you have the thought of the harvest in the sense, actually, of judgment. The time of harvest has come. O LORD, ou...
1 Corinthians 15:24; 1 Peter 3:22; Ephesians 1:22; Genesis 1:26;...