3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, The moon and the stars, which you have ordained; 4What is man, that you think of him? The son of man, that you care for him? 5For you have made him a little lower than God, And crowned him with glory and honor. 6You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet: 7All sheep and oxen, Yes, and the animals of the field, 8The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, And whatever passes through the paths of the seas. 9LORD(f), our Lord, How majestic is your name in all the eretz! For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. Psalms 8:3: 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 he should be thus favoured! Man has sovereign dominion over the inferior creatures, under God, and is appointed their lord. This refers to Christ. In Heb 2:6-8|, the apostle, to prove the sovereign dominion of Christ, shows he is that Man, that Son of man, here spoken of, whom God has made to have dominion over the works of his hands. The greatest favour ever showed to the human race, and the greatest honour ever put upon human nature, were exemplified in the Lord Jesus. With good reason does the psalmist conclude as he began, Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth, which has been honoured with the presence of the Redeemer, and is still enlightened by his gospel, and governed by his wisdom and power! What words can reach his praises, who has a right to our obedience as our Redeemer
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