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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 8:1-9

INTRODUCTION“This is a psalm of thanksgiving to God for the exaltation of man above all terrestrial creatures. It is quoted by the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews with reference to Christ; but whether it is to be considered a prophecy, or whether it is quoted simply because it describes by way of accommodation the character of our Lord, does not appear certain. The most sober commentators have adopted the latter view, considering that the author of the psalm intended simply to celebrate... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 8:1-9

Psalms 8:1-9 is to the chief musician upon Gittith. Now Gittith means wine press, and so you have the thought of the harvest in the sense, actually, of judgment. The time of harvest has come.O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! ( Psalms 8:1 )The first Lord, all capital letters, signifying that it is a translation of the Hebrew name for God. That name which we do not know exactly how to pronounce. Perhaps it is Yahweh; perhaps it is Jehovah. Nobody really knows for sure.... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 8:1-9

Psalms 8:1 . How excellent is thy name. See note on Proverbs 18:10. Psalms 8:2 . Thou hast ordained strength. For some reason the LXX read αινον , praise. So our Saviour, it would seem, cited this text, Matthew 21:16, when the children sung hosannas to him in the temple. Perhaps David made this psalm presently after his anointing, and when keeping his father’s flock by night, where he had the fairest opportunity for the study of astronomy. Psalms 8:4 . What is man. Hebrews Enosh,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 8:1-9

Psalms 8:1-9How excellent is Thy name in all the earth! David’s poetical sensitivenessIn all probability this Psalm is the first, or at all events one of the very first, David ever wrote.It breathes the spirit of those lonely nights which he must so often have passed keeping watch over his father’s sheep on the wild hills of Bethlehem. To a lad of his strong poetical temperament, the glory of the Syrian sunset, the gradual assembling of the stars, as of an innumerable flock in the silent... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 8:6-8

Psalms 8:6-8Thou hast put all things under his feet, etc.--Cruelty to animalsIf the lower creation were not too insignificant or worthless to contribute to the glory of Jesus, they cannot be deemed too insignificant for Him to care for, and for us to protect and honour. We know it is said of His saints that “he that toucheth them, toucheth the apple of His eye.” In other words, He feels what is done to His people as sensitively as if it had been done to Himself. And, of course, while there is a... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 8:8

Psa 8:8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas. Ver. 8. The fowl of the air ] These Moses seemeth to have forgotten, in that discontented speech of his, Numbers 11:22 , but God sent those murmmurers such a drift of quails (meat of kings, with their bread of angels) as he could not have imagined or hoped for. And the fish of the sea ] Piscis of Pasco. Many islands are maintained and people fed by fish. In the Hebrew the same word... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 8:8

The fowl: Psalms 148:10, Genesis 1:20-Lamentations :, Job 38:39-Mark :, Job 39:1-Amos :, Job 40:15-Jeremiah :, Job 41:1-Nahum : Reciprocal: Matthew 17:27 - and take Luke 5:9 - he John 21:6 - They cast read more