Summer in the Psalms Week 13 - Psalm 8 | Sunday Service 8/17/24

When teaching on Psalm 8, Spurgeon tells us; “The first and last verses are a sweet song of admiration, in which the excellence of the name of God is extolled. The intermediate verses are made up of holy wonder at the Lord's greatness in creation, and at his condescension towards man.”

In Matthew 21, Jesus quotes this psalm to the Pharisees, declaring to them once again His identity as God;

...when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant.  

“Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him.

  “Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read,

“‘From the lips of children and infants

                   you, Lord, have called forth your praise]?”

When we take time to read these words slowly and consider the depths of their meaning, we are left in awe of the grandeur of God, His work among us, and His attention towards us.  How majestic indeed is our Lord’s character magnified throughout all the earth!

Prepare for this week’s teaching by reading Psalm 8.