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Verse Psalms 8:6. _THOU MADEST HIM TO HAVE DOMINION_] Jesus Christ,
who, being in the form of God, and equal with God, _for a time_
emptied himself, and made himself of no reputation; was afterwards
_...
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THOU MADEST HIM TO HAVE DOMINION - Thou didst cause him to have, or
didst give him this dominion. It does not mean that God made or
created him for that end, but that he had conceded to him that
domin...
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Psalms 8
THE SON OF MAN: ALL THINGS PUT UNDER HIS FEET
_ 1. A little lower than the angels; crowned with glory (Psalms 8:1)_
2. All things put under Him (Psalms 8:6)
3. How excellent is Thy Name o...
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VIII. A NATURE PSALM.
Psalms 8:1 f. The majesty of God. In Matthew 2 defies the rudiments of
Heb. grammar and all attempt at translation. Of many emendations the
following is the most ingenious and d...
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HIM: i.e. the "first man", Adam (Genesis 1:26).
DOMINION, &C. This he lost in the Fall.
WORKS. Some codices, with three early printed editions and Syriac,
read "work" (singular)
HANDS. Figure of sp...
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THOU MADEST HIM TO HAVE DOMINION— As these words, and those which
follow, are not here spoken of man, till after it is said that God had
abased and humbled him; and man having not been established kin...
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PSALMS 8
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Jehovah's Majesty Exalted by means of Man's Dominion.
ANALYSIS
An Original Solo, Psalms 8:3-8: Adapted to Temple Worship by Prelude
and Refrain, Psalms 8:1 a, b, and Psa...
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_THOU MADEST HIM TO HAVE DOMINION OVER THE WORKS OF THY HANDS; THOU
HAST PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET:_
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands -
alluding to Genesis 1:26; Genes...
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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The poet continues, in a rapturous strain, to complete the cycle of
animated nature, and to describe man’s kingship over all other
created beings. For St. Paul’s expansion of the thought, and
elevatio...
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_[Psalms 8:7]_ תַּ֭מְשִׁילֵהוּ בְּ
מַעֲשֵׂ֣י יָדֶ֑יךָ כֹּ֝ל שַׁ֣תָּה
תַֽחַת ־רַגְלָֽיו׃...
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Psalms 8:1
THE exclamation which begins and ends this psalm, enclosing it as a
jewel in a setting, determines its theme as being neither the nightly
heaven with all its stars, nor the dignity of man,...
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This is a great song of worship. It opens and closes with the same
words. These words enclose the psalm, and create its burden. The
matters between are proofs of the opening and closing statements. Th...
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Angels. Elohim means also "God," as St. Jerome, &c., explain it. Thou
hast placed man like a deity upon earth. But St. Paul adopts the sense
of the Septuagint. (Calmet) --- St. Jerome doubted whether...
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These verses come in with greater fulness, to explain and to confirm
what went before: how the Son of God was made a little, or for a
little space, lower than the angels, during his incarnation and
mi...
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6._Thou hast set him over. _David now comes to the second point, which
I have just now spoken of, namely, that from the dominion over all
things which God has conferred upon men, it is evident how gre...
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We have now come to Psalms 8 which closes this unfolding of the
condition of the remnant, and the counsels of God as to the rejected
Anointed of Jehovah. What is said is still by the mouth of the now...
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THOU MADEST HIM TO HAVE DOMINION OVER THE WORKS OF THY HANDS,.... All
power in heaven and in earth being given to him: when he was raised
from the dead, and when he ascended on high, and was set down...
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Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou
hast put all [things] under his feet:
Ver. 6. _Thou madest him to have dominion, &c._] He had so at first,
Genesis 1:26, shall have...
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_Thou madest him to have dominion over the work of thy hands _ Didst
constitute him lord of the inferior creatures, and invest him with a
sovereign dominion over them. The charter whereby man was to h...
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THE GLORY OF MESSIAH'S NAME.
To the chief musician, for liturgical performance, upon Gittith, a
form of zither, named from the Philistine city of Gath, where the
author had lived for some time. A psa...
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3-9 We are to consider the heavens, that man thus may be directed to
set his affections on things above. What is man, so mean a creature,
that he should be thus honoured! so sinful a creature, that h...
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Thou didst give all power and all things into his hands, MATTHEW 28:18
1 THESSALONIANS 13:3. THOU HAST PUT ALL THINGS, both in heaven, where
are the angels mentioned PSALMS 8:5, and in the earth, air,...
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Psalms 8:6 dominion H4910 (H8686) works H4639 hands H3027 put H7896
(H8804) feet H7272
madest - Genesis 1:26-28, Genesis 9:2; Matthew 28:18; Hebrews 1:2
put - Psalms 110:1;...
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‘You made him to have dominion over the works of your hands,
You have put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen,
Yes, and beasts of the field,
The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea...
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Psalms 8:3
I. True greatness consists, not in weight and extension, but in
intellectual power and moral worth. When the Psalmist looked up to the
heavens, he was at first overwhelmed with a sense of h...
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8 _:_ 1. _O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
who hast set thy glory above the heavens._
They are very high, but thy glory is higher than the heavens.
Psalms 8:2. _Out of th...
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CONTENTS: Meditation on the majesty of God's works and the
insignificance of man.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: When we consider the majesty of God's wonderful works in
the universe, we cannot...
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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...
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_How excellent is Thy name in all the earth! _
DAVID’S POETICAL SENSITIVENESS
In all probability this Psalm is the first, or at all events one of
the very first, David ever wrote.
It breathes the sp...
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A BROKEN TRUST
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands. Psalms
8:6 .
Once upon a time there was a great artist who painted a beautiful
picture. It was so wonderful that people...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 8:1. This hymn of praise helps the
Lord’s people celebrate their glorious Creator, and their privileged
place in his creation. With Genesis 1:1 as a background, the Psalm
pr...
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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...
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EXPOSITION
Psalm VIII. is altogether a psalm of praise and thanksgiving. Its
primary idea is the condescending love and goodness of God towards
man. That God, who had made the heavens, and sot his gl...
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Psa 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, ou...
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1 Corinthians 15:24; 1 Peter 3:22; Ephesians 1:22; Genesis 1:26;
Genesis 1:28; Genesis 9:2; Hebrews 1:2; Hebrews 2:8; Matthew 28:18;
Psal