Articles and Notes
Psalm 8
The glory of the Lord in creation
[Psa 8:1-9 NASB] 1 For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth, Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
2 From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength Because of Your adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.
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 take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?
5 Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty!
6 You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,
7 All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field,
8 The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!
Gittith - a (Philistine) musical instrument (probably a harp) from the city of Gath.
Psalm 8 is one of three Psalm’s (8, 81, 84) that are to be played on a specific instrument. If you look at the heading of these Psalms instruction is given that they be played on the Instrument of Gath (some translations read the Gittith).