Consider the Work of His Hands

Psalms 8:1-9
The Glory of the LORD in Creation
To the Chief Musician. On the instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David.

1 O LORD, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have set Your glory above the heavens!

2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have ordained strength,
Because of Your enemies,
That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
4 What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You visit him?

5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,

7 All sheep and oxen—
Even the beasts of the field,
8 The birds of the air,
And the fish of the sea
That pass through the paths of the seas.

9 O LORD, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth!

David extolled the LORD God and his Lord in this beautiful song of praise and exaltation for His creation.  He began with lifting up God’s name above all others, and praising His glory above the heavens covering the Creation of His word and hands, the glory which He Himself placed upon Himself there.  He silences His enemies with the weak and meek, as the example of little children and infants amplifies.  It is His strength, not ours (2 Corinthians 12:10, 13:4), which defeats the adversary and honors God as it demonstrates that the power is of Him and never our own (2 Corinthians 4:7).  He looked up towards the heavens in awe of the vast space with far off innumerable stars and the moon nearby, and considered the work of the LORD in creating all these with a word (Psalm 33:6, Hebrews 11:3, 2 Peter 3:5) as by the fingers of His figurative hand.  The vastness of it all made him wonder what significance a few small men were in comparison.  He made man, Adam and Eve, to put at the crown of His creation, to top off the universe as the best of His hand!  He is mindful of us, we who are less than the angels, and crowned us with His image of glory and honor as reflecting Himself in us.  Then He put us in charge to govern creation, plants and animals, acting as caretakers and rulers over these things, including the animals and aquatic creatures named here and more.  The summation of this song therefore is to cry out just how excellent the Name of the LORD really is in light of His creation, especially of us!  May we consider the works of His hand by each figurative finger, not only in creating us, but also in redeeming us by reconciliation in Christ by His word.  Selah.  Then we can worship in spirit and truth.