Psalm 8

The Psalm 8 is a Psalm of David, and grouped according to the number of hymns.

Structure

The Old Testament scholar Nicolaas Herman Ridderbos divided the psalm as follows:

  • Verse 2-4: sing the glory of God.
  • Verse 5-10: God makes the vain man have dominion over the works of his hand.

Effect

The psalm played for Early Christianity an important role, as he was used to interpret the Christ event.

Comments

Verse 6

The sixth verse of the psalm speaks of a deity who was the man not entirely dissimilar. This deity is referred to as Elohim ( אלהים ). The ratio of the YHWH, which is also addressed in the verse as "you" is controversial. Some see here Elohim of Yhwh himself isolated - as angels ( so the LXX) or as a heavenly court, others see it as simply an indication of the Unüberbietbarkeit the sovereignty position that was given to man by YHWH. Same as in Gen 1:27 EU follows the destiny of man in the image of a reference to the resulting power ( cf. v. 7).

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