Psalms 8 (LSB)

Chapter Text

8:1 For the choir director. According to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Yahweh, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth, Who displays Your splendor above the heavens!

8:2 From the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have established strength Because of Your adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

8:3 When I see Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have established;

8:4 What is man that You remember him, And the son of man that You care for him?

8:5 Yet You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You crown him with glory and majesty!

8:6 You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,

8:7 All sheep and oxen, And also the animals of the field,

8:8 The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

8:9 O Yahweh, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "sheep", "choir", "director", "gittith", "psalm", "david", and "yahweh". 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 LSB 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.