Month of Praising - Day 13

第 13 天  詩 8

1（大衛的詩，交與伶長。用迦特樂器。）耶和華─我們的主啊，你的名在全地何其美！你將你的榮耀彰顯於天。

2 你因敵人的緣故，從嬰孩和吃奶的口中，建立了能力，使仇敵和報仇的閉口無言。

3 我觀看你指頭所造的天，並你所陳設的月亮星宿，

4 便說：人算甚麼，你竟顧念他？世人算甚麼，你竟眷顧他？

5 你叫他比天使（或譯：神）微小一點，並賜他榮耀尊貴為冠冕。

6、7、8 你派他管理你手所造的，使萬物，就是一切的牛羊、田野的獸、空中的鳥、海裡的魚，凡經行海道的，都服在他的腳下。

9 耶和華─我們的主啊，你的名在全地何其美！

Day 13 Psalm 8

1 O Lord， our Lord，how excellent is Your name in all the earth，

Who have set Your glory above the heavens!

2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants you have ordained strength，

Because of Your enemies，that You may silence the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I consider Your heavens， the work of Your fingers，

The moon and the stars， which You have ordained，

4 What is man that You are mindful of him，and the son of man that You visit him?

5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels，

And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands；

You have put all things under his feet，

7 All sheep and oxen—Even the beasts of the field，

8 The birds of the air，and the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas.

9 O Lord， our Lord，how excellent is Your name in all the earth!

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「耶和華我們的主阿 、袮的名在全地何其美」。 大衛在觀看、想到 神所造之天地時情不自禁在開篇就向神發出這樣的感贊。與 神所造的宇宙穹蒼來比，我們人顯得是何等地渺小。 神卻對我們微小的人委以管理全地的責任，並賜弱者以能力使強敵閉口無言。 感謝 神，我們人算什麼，祂竟顧念我們。 我們在 神眼中的價值只有來到髑髏地才能明白。 只有在基督十字架的奧秘中，我們才能對人作出適中的評價。 當我們相信並理解了救主在十字架上受死的真理時，我們都會像大衛一樣向 神發出頌讚說「耶和華我們的主啊，袮的名在全地何其美！ 」

“O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth.”  As the psalm opens, we see David reflecting on God’s creation of the heavens and the earth, and he could not help but praise Him.  In comparison to the heavens and the firmaments that God has created, we appear to be extraordinarily insignificant.  However, God has given us, this seemingly  insignificant creation, dominion over creation and the power to silence the enemy.  Praise the Lord.  What are we that He would be mindful of us?  Only by looking upon Calvary can we fully grasp how much God values us. Only in the mystery of the Christ’s cross can we properly define our worth. When we believe and understand the truth of our savior’s death on the cross, we too will exclaim, just as David did, “O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth.”