RRB notes on Psalm 8

Psa 8 KJV

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.

1. O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! [1] who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

[1] The God of Israel has never had an excellent name “in all the earth,” but He will in the Millennium under a military dictatorship where He is the King (Psa. 72:9, 110:1-7; Isa. 2:2-4, 49:22-23; Rev. 2:26-27; App. 63, 110).

2. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength [a] because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

[a] Luke 10:21; Isa. 28:9; 1 Cor. 3:18-21.

3. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, [b] the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

[b] Deut. 10:4; Dan. 5:5; John 8:6; Psa. 19:1-4; Heb. 1:10-12.

4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? [2] and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

[2] One of the greatest questions that any philosopher ever asked, but you will find no discussion, from Socrates to William James, on God’s interest and constant occupation with the lives of individuals, families, and nations. God gives you a revelation in one Book only – “the holy scriptures.” In the Bible (Psa. 144:3), God is mindful of man, takes knowledge of man, and brings each individual “man” into account (Eccl. 12:13-14; Rom. 2:16, 14:12).

5. For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, [3] and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

[3] Mohammed made the biggest mess you ever saw of this verse. The Koran says that when “Allah” made Adam, the angels had to bow down to him. Blasphemy in action (see Sura 2:34, 7:11, 15:28-29, 17:61, 38:71-73, and 18:50)! No angel would think of bowing to Adam; he was in a lower bracket. In the Bible, saints bow to angels (Gen. 19:1; Num. 22:31; Rev. 22:8).

6. Thou madest him to have dominion [4] over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

[4] “Reconstructionists” and “Theonomists” pretend that man is still crowned “with glory and honour,” so he should still have “dominion” (vs. 6). Those heretics pretend that Genesis 3 never took place. You will have better sense if you read and believe Hebrews 2:5-9. It is Jesus Christ who will regain, at the Second Advent, the literal, physical, visible dominion lost by Adam. See the definitive work on this – The Sure Word of Prophecy, (Bible Baptist Bookstore, 1969).

7. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

8. The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9. O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

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Appendix 63 – God versus the United Nations

Appendix 110 –The Restored Kingdom