Psalm 8 | Themes

Psalm 8 Themes

God and Religion

One of the main themes recurring throughout the Book of Psalms is God's awesome power. In this particular poem, the first stanza sings about God's greatness and glory. The praise does not continue unabated throughout the following lines, however. By the second line, the poem begins to balance the power of God against the power of God's enemies. It is significant that the power that God ordains, or decrees, in the world comes out of the mouths of humans. It would be impossible for God to have enemies who are more powerful than Himself, because God is omnipotent, but this poem accepts the enemies of God as those who could oppose Him by swaying humans' minds, by turning the human race against Him. God is therefore credited here with instilling humans with an innate sense of His glory, with a sense of him already within "babes and sucklings." The enemies...
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