Psalms 8 (DRB)

Chapter Text

8:1 Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm for David.

8:2 O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens.

8:3 Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.

8:4 For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast founded.

8:5 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

8:6 Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour:

8:7 And hast set him over the works of thy hands.

8:8 Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen: moreover, the beasts also of the fields.

8:9 The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, that pass through the paths of the sea.

8:10 O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "sheep", "presses", "psalm", "david", "lord", "admirable", and "name". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "sheep", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local DRB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "all things" and "sheep" carries the first interpretive weight. In The LORD as Shepherd, the local focus is trust, covenant mercy, guidance, and worship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "sheep" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.