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)