"O YAHWEH, our YAHWEH,
how great is YOUR name throughout the earth!
And YOUR glory in the heavens above.
Even the mouths of children and infants
exalt YOUR glory in front of YOUR foes
and put to shame enemies and rebels.
When I observe the heavens,
the work of YOUR hands,
the moon, and the stars YOU set in their place--
what is man, that YOU be mindful of him;
the son of man, that YOU should care for him?
Yet YOU made him a little less than a god;
YOU crowned him with glory and honor
and gave him the works of YOUR hands;
YOU have put all things under his feet--
sheep and oxen without number,
and even the beasts of the field,
the birds of the air, the fish of the sea,
and all that swim the paths of the ocean."
- Psalm 8:2-9
(This psalm is a lyrical reflection on the making and endowment of man: 'Let us make man in our own image... let him have dominion over the fish, the birds, the beasts' [Genesis 1:26]. He is little less than a god because he has a share in GOD's dominion. He is much greater than the stars because, child though he is before the Eternal GOD, he has a voice for praise.
Everything speaks to us about GOD, whose Name is admirable, just as HIS works are. It is a childlike adequate language to praise our great Master [cf. Matthew 21:16]. See how the apostles apply to JESUS the words of this psalm: Matthew 21:16; 1 Corinthians 15:27; Ephesians 1:22; Hebrews 2:6-8. No one can build himself if he has not yet sought his mission in the world. We are nothing without our brothers and sisters who struggle or vegetate in the anthills of the entire world. Wherever there is a human being, he or she is tenderly cared for by GOD. This psalm can be sung as a celebration of human dignity and divine greatness.)
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