Wednesday, 18 February 2009

• Psalm 8

  I'm backblogging a bit on Psalm 8 which I read on Sunday.

  I clearly remember staring up the Canadian sky where I first made a sigh of awe to a majestic God. It was the same as David, when he considered..."the work of [God's] fingers, the moon and the stars [He] has set in place". (v.3) The immediate after feeling is that I notice that I'm so little compared to the beauty of the Universe and that there must be a creator. As the Psalm sings, "what is man that you are mindful of him"?!

  I have yet to fully understand David's or God's view of "enemies". Here, David writes that "From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger." (v.2), which makes me recall Psalm 5:8, "Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness, because of your enemies - make straight your way before me". In both cases, David sees that because of God's enemies, something God glorifying happens?

   

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