How Majestic Is Your Name
Psalm 8:1-9, HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME
INTRO: (Who are you?)
(A unique psalm)
SUPERSCRIPTION:
A. THE GLORY OF GOD, (vs.1-2) First Stanza
1. INTRODUCTORY REFRAIN: (vs. 1)
a. O LORD, our Lord
(1) NAME
(2) TITLE
b. How Excellent Thy Name
c. In All The Earth And Above The Heavens
2. THE UNIQUE WITNESS OF MAN: (vs. 2)
a. Babies are Powerful
b. Adversaries are Silenced
B. THE INSIGNIFICANCE OF MAN, (vs.3-4) Second Stanza
1. HEAVENS CONSIDERED: (vs. 3)
a. Far-reaching Importance
(1) ABOVE
(2) OUTSIDE
(3) BEYOND
b. Just Something I Threw-together
2. HUMANS CONSIDERED: (vs. 4)
a. As man
b. As son of man
c. As visited
C. THE PLACE OF MAN, (vs.5-6) Third Stanza
1. LESS THAN DIVINITY (ELOHIM): (vs. 5a)
a. True God
b. Human judges
c. Heathen gods
d. Supernatural/Heavenly Beings
2. CROWNED WITH DIGNITY: (vs. 5b)
3. DELEGATED DOMINION: (vs. 6)
D. MAN’S DOMINION ILLUSTRATED, (vs.7-8) Fourth Stanza
1. DOMINION DESCRIBED: (vs. 7-8)
2. DOMINION DECRIED:
E. CLOSING REFRAIN, (vs. 9)