1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

1To the chiefe Musicion vpon Gittith, a Psalme of Dauid. O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory aboue the heauens.

2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemie and the auenger.

3When I consider thy heauens, the worke of thy fingers, the moone and the starres which thou hast ordained;

4What is man, that thou art mindfull of him? and the sonne of man, that thou visitest him?

5For thou hast made him a little lower then the Angels; and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

6Thou madest him to haue dominion ouer the workes of thy hands; thou hast put all things vnder his feete.

7All sheepe and oxen, yea and the beasts of the field.

8The foule of the aire, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoeuer passeth through the paths of the seas.

9O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

I == Ps 113:4 ; 148:13

 

II == Ps 44:16 ; Matt 11:25 ; 21:16 ; 1st Cor 1:27

III == Ps 111:2 ; Job 7:17 ; Ps 144:3 ; Heb 2:6

 

 

 

 

 

VI == Gen 1:26 , 28 ; 1st Cor 15:27 ; Heb 2:8

 

 

 

 

IX == Ps 8:1

1 For the leader; “upon the gittith.” A psalm of David.

2 O LORD, our Lord, how awesome is your name through all the earth! I will sing of your majesty above the heavens

3 with the mouths of babes and infants. You have established a bulwark against your foes, to silence enemy and avenger.

4 When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and stars that you set in place—

5What is man that you are mindful of him, and a son of man that you care for him?

6 Yet you have made him little less than a god, crowned him with glory and honor.

7 You have given him rule over the works of your hands, put all things at his feet:

8 All sheep and oxen, even the beasts of the field,

9 The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, and whatever swims the paths of the seas.

10 O LORD, our Lord, how awesome is your name through all the earth!

MAN THE CROWN OF CREATION Jesus, the Messiah quoted verse 2 referring it to an incident in his own life (Matt 21:16) during his triumplant Reign.

v 1,2. David extols the excellency of God and His strength.
v 3-8. He acknowledges God’s creation, and is amazed that God placed it under the dominion of man.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V 9. David closes as he began, extolling the excellency of God.