NIV
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?[c]
5 You have made them[d] a little lower than the angels[e]
and crowned them[f] with glory and honor.
6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their[g] 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!
MY PRAYER:
Lord God of heaven and earth, it's easy for me to fixate on the phrase:
"What am I that you are mindful of me?"
But as I crank up some children's praise songs on iTunes and reflect on this Psalm,
I pray you will SILENCE our "Foe and Avenger"
Who wants us to feel small, wasted, weak and washed up.
Your word, which is truth says:
"You have crowned me with glory and honor,"
That I am "just a little lower than the angels."
"I have dominion over the works of Your hands and
You have put all things under my feet."
It doesn't feel that way based on my current circumstances.
So I ask by the power of your Holy Spirit in me,
Be "the lifter of my head!"
I pray this too for my brothers and sisters in you who are also feeling this way!
Amen. So be it.
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?[c]
5 You have made them[d] a little lower than the angels[e]
and crowned them[f] with glory and honor.
6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their[g] 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!
MY PRAYER:
Lord God of heaven and earth, it's easy for me to fixate on the phrase:
"What am I that you are mindful of me?"
But as I crank up some children's praise songs on iTunes and reflect on this Psalm,
I pray you will SILENCE our "Foe and Avenger"
Who wants us to feel small, wasted, weak and washed up.
Your word, which is truth says:
"You have crowned me with glory and honor,"
That I am "just a little lower than the angels."
"I have dominion over the works of Your hands and
You have put all things under my feet."
It doesn't feel that way based on my current circumstances.
So I ask by the power of your Holy Spirit in me,
Be "the lifter of my head!"
I pray this too for my brothers and sisters in you who are also feeling this way!
Amen. So be it.
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