Rev. Dr. Nathan Meador, pastor of St. John Lutheran Church & School in Plymouth, WI joins Rev. Brady Finnern to pray and study Psalm 8.
David directs people to sing of the majesty of the LORD. He gives thanks to the LORD as He looks at creation (stars, moon, sheep, oxen, beasts of the LORD, birds, and fish) and realizes the unworthiness of God’s love for him. The Holy Spirit also led David to point us to Christ, who was made lower than angels yet a King who shows us the greatest of His majesty on the cross. Psalm 8 is a perfect prayer as we meditate and enjoy God’s creation. “Almighty Father, we are unworthy to receive Your love, grace, and attention, yet Your majesty has been poured on us through Christ’s salvation. Help us to take a step back and enjoy Your creation keeping You in mind and giving thanks for Your forgiving grace. Amen”
Thy Strong Word reveals the light of our salvation in Christ through study of God’s Word, breaking our darkness with His redeeming light. Each weekday, two pastors fix our eyes on Jesus by considering Holy Scripture, verse by verse, in order to be strengthened in the Word and be equipped to faithfully serve in our daily vocations.
Thy Strong Word is hosted by Rev. Brady Finnern, pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church in Sartell, MN, and graciously underwritten by the Lutheran Heritage Foundation.
Psalm 8
How Majestic Is Your Name
To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith.[a] A Psalm of David.
8 O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established strength because of your foes,
to still the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I look at 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,
and the son of man that you care for him?
5 Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings[b]
and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;
you have put all things under his feet,
7 all sheep and oxen,
and also the beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
9 O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Footnotes
English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Permanent Text Edition® (2016). Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. esv.org
