1/8/2024 0 Comments Eternal threads abilene texasThe moon, and the stars, which thou hast ordained "When I consider the heavens, the work of thy fingers, He did indeed destroy Satan himself, "the great enemy." The Prince of this world was cast out by the Christ and, it seems to us, that in such examples as those of Moses and of our Lord, we have the true and eternal fulfillment of this second verse.ĭummelow noted that "God's employment of such feeble instruments to display his glory (and to achieve his purposes on earth, J.B.C.) puts his adversaries to silence." Paul made mention of this very principle in 1 Corinthians 1:27-29. (2) Once more, when the third judicial hardening of humanity had taken place, and the whole world lay "in the evil one," as an apostle expressed it, "a babe," "a suckling," indeed THE BABE of Bethlehem entered our earth life in a stable, was wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. That "babe" was Moses, and through him, God destroyed the enemy and the avenger. (1) when God decided to rescue Israel from Egyptian slavery, it was a babe, indeed a suckling, that was placed in the little ark of bulrushes and cast upon the boundless waters of the Nile river. There is another view also which more strongly commends itself to us, namely, that. Jesus' application of the words to children singing his praises in the temple falls far short of a contradiction of that view. Regarding the "babes and sucklings," the passage may be a metaphor for all mankind, who in their frailty and weakness are as "babes and sucklings" in the eyes of God. "Out of the mouth of babes, etc." Jesus Christ himself quoted from this passage in Matthew 21:16, where we find the account of the Pharisees' objection that the children in the temple were chanting Hosannas to Christ, singing of him as "The Son of David." Christ responded, saying, Yea, have ye not read that, "Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou perfected praise." This, of course is a verbatim quotation from the LXX and, by reason of Jesus' acceptance of that rendition, it may be considered superior to other translations of the passage. The KJV is the superior rendition, because the glory of the Creator is not merely upon the heavens, it is likewise above them. Another "guess" is "Yahweh" but neither of these is as glorious, meaningful, or acceptable as "Lord."įurthermore, the American Standard Version of 1901 made no improvement at all in the second line of Psalms 8:1, when they substituted the word "upon" for "above," but retained the latter in the margin. It is a scholarly guess at what the word actually was and there are more and more variations of it available in the scholarly writings continually demanding our attention. In no sense whatever is it an inspired word. As I have grown older, I have found my respect for the word "Jehovah" as used in place of "God" or 'Lord" more and more difficult to maintain. It will be noted that we went back to the KJV in the first line of Psalms 8:1. That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger." Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, "O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth, "The exclamation that begins and ends this Psalm, enclosing it as a jewel in a setting, determines its theme as being neither the nightly heaven with its moon and stars, nor the dignity of man, but the Name of the Lord a proclaimed by both." Many other titles have been suggested, as a glance at the various versions will indicate but I have followed Maclaren's declaration that: "O Lord, our Lord How Excellent is thy Name in all the Earth." We have chosen a part of this opening line as the title of the Psalm itself. For example, the mention of the night sky with the moon and the stars might indeed be expected from one who often kept watch at night over his father Jesse's flock. "A Psalm of David." There is nothing whatever in the Psalm itself that is contrary to the ancient opinion that David wrote it, and we find a few things that support such a view. There is much uncertainty with regard to all of these superscriptions. Dummelow gave the meaning as, "perhaps an instrument or a tune, of Gath." At best, however, such scholarly opinions are merely educated guesses. "Set to the Gittith." Only three Psalms have this instruction in the superscription, namely, this one, Psalms 81 and Psalms 82. ( FOR THE CHIEF MUSICIAN SET TO THE GITTITH. O LORD OUR LORD HOW EXCELLENT IS THY NAME!
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