Psalm 8

For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David.

1 Lord, our Lord,
   how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory
   in the heavens.
2 Through the praise of children and infants
   you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
   to silence the foe and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens,
   the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
   which you have set in place,
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
   human beings that you care for them?

5 You have made them a little lower than the angels
   and crowned them with glory and honor.
6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
   you put everything under their feet:
7 all flocks and herds,
   and the animals of the wild,
8 the birds in the sky,
   and the fish in the sea,
   all that swim the paths of the seas.

9 Lord, our Lord,
   how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Commentary

There has been a war going on between God and Satan since the beginning of time, and this war is a war of information. Either one's soul is claimed by God or claimed by Satan. God's admiration by his children has set his glory in the heavens. God cares for human beings and wants them to turn to him, but he will never use coercion. God has given all individuals free will, and it is for us to choose whether we want to follow God's ways or Satan's. Human beings are social animals and at the top of the evolutionary pyramid due to the grace of God, for which we must be grateful.