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God Inviting Christ to Sit on the Throne at His Right Hand (1645)
Pieter de Grebber (c. 1600 - 1652/3)
Dutch Golden Age Baroque Style
Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, Netherlands
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art
Explanation: In Psalm 8 David praises the excellency and power of God which stills the enemy and the avenger. Verse five praises God for crowning man with glory and honor. This is epitomized in the glorification of Christ, depicted above.
[ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Matthew 21:16; 1 Corinthians 15:27; Hebrews 2:5-9. ]
[ CHRONOLOGY: General. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]
[ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]
[ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). Psalm 8 - #1. Psalm 8 - #2. Psalm 8 - #3.]
David began and ended his Psalm with identical words: "O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!" This is a literary deice called framing, in which a literary work opens and closes with its key thought. The excellence of God is the key thought disclosed by the opening and closing words of the passage. The material between describes that excellence in vivid terms (1). The first of God's excellencies is that he is able to overcome his enemies with the mere words of babes and sucklings, with no need for great displays of power (2). More of his excellence can be seen in creation. The heavens are so glorious that it would seem that God would pay no attention to man. Nevertheless, he made man a little lower than the angels and crowned him with glory and honor. He gave man dominion over all of his works and put all things on earth under his control (3-8). For these reasons David repeats his opening praise" "O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! (9).
THE PSALTER:
BOOK ONE OF FIVE:
Psalms 1-41.
Psalm 8
A Psalm of David.
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies,
that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I consider thy heavens,
the work of thy fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which thou hast ordained;
4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him?
and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,
and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
thou hast put all things under his feet:
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!
* NOTE: On Opening and Closing Comments in the Psalms.
[Some commentators take the Psalm in Habakkuk 3 to be a standard model for the Psalms.
Habakkuk's Psalm begins with the name of the composer ( Habakkuk) and a musical notation (" upon Shigionoth").
It closes with a dedication or a " send to" notice (" To the chief singer on my stringed instruments").
I have arranged similar material, where it is found in the Psalter, in accord with the model in Habakkuk.]
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