Psalms 8

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How Majestic Is Your Name!

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David.

¹O Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

You have set Your glory

above the heavens.

²From the mouths of children and infants

You have ordained praise

on account of Your adversaries,

to silence the enemy and avenger.

³When I behold Your heavens,

the work of Your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

which You have set in place—

⁴what is man that You are mindful of him,

or the son of man that You care for him?

⁵You made him a little lower than the angels;

You crowned him with glory and honor.

⁶You made him ruler of the works of Your hands;

You have placed everything under his feet:

⁷all sheep and oxen,

and even the beasts of the field,

⁸the birds of the air and the fish of the sea,

all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹O Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

Footnotes (3)

a v2 Literally You have ordained strength; LXX You have prepared praise; cited in Matthew 21:16
b v5 Or than God or than the heavenly beings; see also LXX.
c v6 Cited in 1 Corinthians 15:27and Hebrews 2:6–8

Study notes on this chapter · 2

QuotationLinked by the New Testament

From the mouths of children

When children shout praise to Jesus in the temple and the chief priests object, Jesus answers with a line from Psalm 8 about praise established from the mouths of children and infants.

When: Psalm of David; the temple scene in the last week of Jesus' ministry, c. AD 30–33.

Original passagePsalms 8:2

Where the New Testament applies itMatthew 21:15–16

Editorial note by BibleWay. Interpretations vary; dates are approximate scholarly estimates.

Prophecy & fulfillmentLinked by the New Testament

Crowned with glory and honor, all things under his feet

Psalm 8 marvels that God cares for human beings and has put everything under their feet. The New Testament reads the psalm through Jesus: Hebrews says we do not yet see everything subject to humanity, but we see Jesus crowned; Paul says God has put all things under Christ's feet.

When: A psalm of David; 1 Corinthians, c. AD 55; Ephesians, c. AD 60; Hebrews, before AD 70 (most likely).

Original passagePsalms 8:4–6

Where the New Testament applies itHebrews 2:5–91 Corinthians 15:25–27Ephesians 1:20–22

Ways people read this (2)

The psalm is about humanity in general, and Jesus fulfills it as the representative human.
The psalm is messianic in intention, speaking of the Son of Man directly.