Psalms 8:1

 Psalms 8:1 adds,To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.  Another introduction, then verse one says, O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.  David said that God's name was excellent in the earth, and that God had set his glory in the heavens.  I am not sure how many people today consider God's name to be excellent, but it still is.  His glory will always exist in the heavens, even if many people do not acknowledge it in the world today.  We like David as followers of Christ need to acknowledge the excellence of God's name.  Verse two adds, 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.  I believe that David was saying that with God's help, even babies and young children could defeat God's enemies.  We know a Baby Who came to grow up and be a sacrifice for all sins defeated God's enemies once and for all time.  Verse three declares, When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;  David said that when He saw heavens, the stars and the moon that he acknowledged them as a part of God's creation.  When we look at the heavens today, even the vast universe, we can either acknowledge them as God's creation or not.  As followers of Christ, though, we must see all of creation as God's work.  Verse four adds, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?  David asked why God would even consider, or be concerned with, people who were so small compared to the universe.  Yet, God Himself said that mankind was created in His image, therefore giving them their great value.  Without God, we really have very little value.  Verse five continues, For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.  David said that people were made a little lower than the angels, but God crowned people with His honor and glory.  We may be less powerful than the angels, but we will one day judge them.  Verse six states, Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:  David reminds us that we were created to take care of the earth under God's direction.  That is not to say that this was the only reason, since we were also created to have fellowship  with God, but this was mankind's first task.  Verse seven adds, All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;  Verse eight continues, The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.  David declared everything to be a part 9f God's creation, and that people were to take care of God's creation.  This is still our responsibility today.   Verse eight concludes, LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!  David concluded with the same statement that he started with, declaring the excellency of God's name.  We need to continually acknowledge the same thing today.