“ All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; ”
All sheep and oxen - Flocks and herds. Genesis 1:26 , “over the cattle.” Nothing is more manifest than the control which man exercises over flocks and herds - making them subservient to his use,...
All (d) sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; (d) By the temporal gifts of man's creation, he is led to consider the benefits which he has by his regeneration through Christ.
VIII. A Nature Psalm. Psalms 8:1 f. The majesty of God. In Matthew 2 defies the rudiments of Heb. grammar and all attempt at translation. Of many emendations the following is the most ingenious...
The preceding question, with respect to the extent of man’s dominion over the works of God, seems not yet to be fully answered. If the prophet here declares, by way of exposition, to what exten...
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; All sheep and oxen - All domestic animals, and those to be employed in agriculture. Beasts of the field - All wild beasts, and inhabitants of th...
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; Sheep - `flocks,' margin; made up of sheep, goats, and such, smaller animals. Beasts Hebre 'Behemoth' ( Job 40:15 ): need here for th...
Psalms 8:1-9 THE exclamation which begins and ends this psalm, enclosing it as a jewel in a setting, determines its theme as being neither the nightly heaven with all its stars, nor the dignity of...
This is a great song of worship. It opens and closes with the same words. These words enclose the psalm, and create its burden. The matters between are proofs of the opening and closing statements. T...
It is worthy of remark, that when, at the original creation, the first man was invested with sovereignty in his state of innocency, the grant of dominion ran in those words, Genesis 1:28 . How delig...
All sheep and oxen ,.... The tame creatures, which are useful for food and clothing: yea, and the beasts of the field ; the wild beasts, which he can make use of to destroy and devour his enemies,...
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; Ver. 7. All sheep and oxen, &c. ] There are beasts ad esum et ad usum, saith one. Some are profitable dead, not alive, as the hog; some...
Thou madest him to have dominion over the work of thy hands Didst constitute him lord of the inferior creatures, and invest him with a sovereign dominion over them. The charter whereby man was to...
Condescension of God. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast o...
All sheep and oxen; here is no perfect enumeration, but under these are comprehended all other beasts, and much more men and angels. The beasts of the field, i.e. the wild beasts; which together...
‘You made him to have dominion over the works of your hands, You have put all things under his feet, All sheep and oxen, Yes, and beasts of the field, The birds of the air, and the fish of the se...
INTRODUCTION “This is a psalm of thanksgiving to God for the exaltation of man above all terrestrial creatures. It is quoted by the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews with reference to Christ; but...
8 : 1. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. They are very high, but thy glory is higher than the heavens. Psalms 8:2-4 ....
Psalms 8:1 . How excellent is thy name. See note on Proverbs 18:10 . Psalms 8:2 . Thou hast ordained strength. For some reason the LXX read αινον, praise. So our Saviour, it would seem, cit...
How excellent is Thy name in all the earth! David’s poetical sensitiveness In all probability this Psalm is the first, or at all events one of the very first, David ever wrote. It breathes th...
EXPOSITION Psalm VIII . is altogether a psalm of praise and thanksgiving. Its primary idea is the condescending love and goodness of God towards man. That God, who had made the heavens, and sot...
The Glory of Messiah's Name. To the chief musician, for liturgical performance, upon Gittith, a form of zither, named from the Philistine city of Gath, where the author had lived for some time. A...
Genesis 2:20