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Psalms 8
A hymn framed by a single repeated line: 'how majestic is your name in all the earth' opens and closes it (v.1, v.9). Between those bookends the gaze moves from the heavens — moon and stars set in place by God's fingers (v.3) — to the small creature staring up at them. The pivot is the question in v.4: 'what is man, that you think of him?' The answer is unexpected. This frail watcher is crowned and given rule over sheep, cattle, birds, fish — everything that moves.
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LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!
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From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
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When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,
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what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?
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For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.
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You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
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All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,
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the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
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LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
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SENHOR, nosso Senhor, como é majestoso o seu nome em toda a terra! O Senhor colocou a sua glória acima dos céus!
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Dos lábios das crianças e dos recém-nascidos o Senhor estabeleceu força, por causa dos seus adversários, para silenciar o inimigo e o vingador.
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Quando contemplo os seus céus, obra dos seus dedos, a lua e as estrelas, que o Senhor estabeleceu,
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o que é o homem, para que o Senhor pense nele? E o que é o filho do homem, para que o Senhor cuide dele?
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Pois o Senhor o fez um pouco menor que os anjos, e o coroou de glória e honra.
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O Senhor o faz governar sobre as obras das suas mãos. O Senhor colocou todas as coisas debaixo dos seus pés:
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Todas as ovelhas e os bois, sim, e os animais do campo,
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as aves do céu, os peixes do mar, e tudo o que passa pelos caminhos dos mares.
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SENHOR, nosso Senhor, como é majestoso o seu nome em toda a terra!
Strength from infants
Verse 2 is the odd hinge: strength established 'from the lips of babes and infants' to silence the enemy and the avenger. The weakest voices, not armies, are what God appoints against the proud.
That sets up the whole reversal. The same God who flung the stars notices a creature 'a little lower than the angels' and hands him dominion — greatness measured downward, from the cosmos to a child.
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