Psalm 8:3-4 - What is man that You are mindful of him

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained; What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?

Psalm 8:3-4

Commentary

No branch of science proclaims God's greatness and man's insignificance more eloquently than astronomy. The simple fact that distances must be reckoned in light-years (the distance that light travels in a year) illustrates the point. Light travels 186,000 miles per second, and there are 31.5 million seconds in a year, so light travels roughly six trillion miles in a single year! Yet some stars are billions of light-years from the earth. No wonder we call such computation astronomical.
To gaze into the heavens at night should give us great thoughts about God. The moon and the stars are the work of His fingers! When we think of the numberless myriads of stars, of the vast distances in the universe, and of the power that holds the planets in orbit with mathematical precision, it boggles the mind.

MacDonald, W., & Farstad, A. (1997, c1995). Believer's Bible Commentary : Old and New Testaments (Ps 8:3). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

Psalm 145:21 - Let every creature praise His holy name

My mouth will speak in praise of the LORD. Let every creature praise his holy name for ever and ever.

My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, And all flesh will bless His holy name forever and ever.

Psalm 145:21

Commentary

David resolved to be faithful in praising the Lord (146:1), but he also saw his praise as one part of the praise of all creation-that is, all flesh.

Radmacher, E. D., Allen, R. B., & House, H. W. (1999). Nelson's new illustrated Bible commentary (Ps 145:18-21). Nashville: T. Nelson Publishers.

Did you know?

Psalm 145 an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet , and is the only psalm entitled "A Praise."

Believer's Study Bible. 1997, c1995. C1991 Criswell Center for Biblical Studies. (electronic ed.) (Ps 145:1). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.