May 13 Devotion

The glory and excellence of God manifested by his works, vv. 1, 2; particularly in the starry heavens, v. 3; in man, v. 4; in his formation, v. 5; and in the dominion which God has given him over the earth, the air, the sea, and their inhabitants, vv. 6, 7, 8: in consequence of which God's name is celebrated over all the earth, v. 9.

We often sing a song based on this Psalm but how many know the background. The Psalmist here opens the door for praises he cannot contain and that is how we are to approach God

Psalm 8:1-9 (ESV)
¹

 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
²  Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.
³  When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
⁴  what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?
⁵  Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
⁶  You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet,
⁷  all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,
⁸  the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
⁹  O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

 We know in Whom we have believed and are confident that He will accomplish what He began

This too shall pass