Psalm 8 

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​Yahweh our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the land.

I always loved the juxtaposition of Jesus. The ultimate ruler because he's the ultimate servant. The strongest because he's the weakest. The highest because he's the lowest.

My father is very old school he is strict in the word of Christ, so when I showed him you’re videos I was afraid he was going to say just read the Bible and pray but he said this is a good channel they know what they are talking about. So many false prophets and videos but thank you for always sharing the true word of God. 💜

The meek shall inherit the earth. Amen. Jesus is coming, and His justice will be fully revealed: blessed are the poor in spirit ❤️

Was literally just seeing this as I prayed the other morning, don’t lose courage family, hold fast to your confession of faith as the night comes, because joy comes in the morning, it wont be long now!

Pray for me my brother died recently and I need to be closer to god more than ever There is a war in my mind depression feels like it’s taking over me

I love to stargaze and to get lost in watching the beautiful stars, the stars that our God created. Psalm 8 is my favorite Psalm, I love verses 3-4 the most, they just remind me how wonderful our God is and how undeserving we are of His grace and love. "When I consider your skies, the moon, and the stars, which you have established, what is human that you remember him, and the son of humanity, that you attend him?" "Yahweh our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the land!" I love this video!!

This is going to be good

We planted a church 8 weeks ago. For our scripture reading each Sunday, we have chosen to read a Psalm each week. This last Sunday was Psalm 8 and we read it aloud together. We also had a guest speaker who entirely by coincidence (providence!) preached on Matthew 21:12-16. And now you have released this video, adding to the symphony that only God could direct. Thank you guys! Blessings from Boise Gospel Church.

How majestic is Your NAME in all the earth! God’s Kingdom is coming, nothing can stop it, all the kingdoms o f the world will become the Kingdom of our God and of The Lord Jesus Christ. Don’t let the enemy steal your faith, the time is short!

The first and last lines of the video forms an 'inclusio' as well :0

It is incredible, just how much is missed, if we do not understand how God constructed the messages, hidden behind the blindingly obvious. Brilliant study. Thank you so much.

“Weak little dirt creatures” 😂

I just love how you guys connect the bible

The way you break down the books on that white wheel makes me wish a Bible app looked like that lol

I've been reading a psalm every day.

The smile on my face when the vide starts playing ☺ I get excited seeing your new videos...I even repeat your old ones

I met a young man last week when I was in Georgia who told me he felt like his life wasn't worth living. He lost his mom just these last few months ago. He's not close with his dad and he promised his mom he'd raised his little sister even though he felt inept. His uncle is dying alone in an ICU in Chicago- his hometown. I know I should have probably told him to read a gospel but as I prayed over him I couldn't help but think of King David and I challenged him to read the Psalms. If you're reading this tonight, would you please lift up Verdell? He was telling me how angry she is with God but we know as Believers that God is near to the Brokenhearted and he loves him. Please pray he comes to a deep and meaningful relationship with the God of the universe and comes to know salvation through his son Jesus. Please pray. I mentioned to him the Bible project and this popped up on my feed tonight I thought it was pretty cool that it was a whole salvation message.

Every day I appreciate how passionate is the Bible project in delivering the message that the Bible points to Jesus. I'm an elementary teacher and I'm using your videos in my Homeroom period to speak about who God is. Amazing! May the good LORD who is abounding in love sustain you. Praise the God Almighty!

I am so thankful to God for the bible project...God bless the whole team who work so tirelessly expecting nothing in return. One usually reads the Psalms as some kind of ancient poetry with archaic meanings...who knew that the Psalms have this amazing pattern and also is prophetical. Thank you so much for this. Stay blessed 🙂. Love from India.

I believe this hole poem talks about Jesus as he's the "stronghold established from the mouth of a infant baby" that has been born from "lesser spiritual beings" yet been "crowned with glory and magesty".

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This commentary is richly blessed! ✡❤🙌📖🔥✝️

"Nor height nor depth nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God." Romans 8:39 Hopefully this inspired you today. God loves you despite everything and showed it through Jesus! God bless.

Wow. All I can say is Wow. Praise His Holy name. HalleluJah!

Amen, This was so crystal clear. Praise God forever and ever 🙏🏾

As a child my school often had us learn and memorise memory verses. Since the age of 8, the entirety of psalms 8 had always stuck in my mind and memory. I have always had a longing to understand more about this verse. Now I’m in my mid 20’s and I pray that God will teach me the reason why He has always kept this verse in my heart. Thankyou for helping me get a greater understanding! God bless your mission and team x

Anyone else just chillin in the comments while everyone else in the live chat?

Your animations are the next level!

I'm here after God

You guys do a super dope job. Love the message being so clear and focused on our king💯👑

Amen! God Bless You And Your Family!

That was amazing. I love God so much. I needed to hear something of God because im going through a harsh mental challenge..

Oh Yahweh our Lord, how majestic is Your Name in all the earth! Amen

Oh LORD our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. 🔥🙏

i love how God's view about "the strong and the weak" is so beautiful and astounding.

I love the Bible project.....❣️ And you know what, i happened to read psalms 1 to 10 today.....what a coincidence... This is indeed a sign from GOD....to grow in my faith ♥♥

I really liked how the team decided to show us a verse by verse explanation. Please continue to do this!!

May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. 1 Thessalonians 3:12

Be exalted O God above the heavens, let your glory be over all the earth ✝️

Amen. Thank you for breaking down this beautiful Psalm.

I am extremely blessed by all the work you guys do. I support y'all 100%. God bless y'all and may He open up the floodgates of heaven for a blessing you can't even contain 💃🏾

Wow u guys are true servants of the lord . ❤ Hallelujah to the lamb of god

the narative just so beautiful. Thankyou Jon and Tim and Bible Project team for this video. God bless you 🙏

From the illustrations, animations, and content... everything is perfect! ❤️ This is soooo well made!

Why does God choose the weak to rule the Earth? Why is it that only those like little children can enter heaven? It’s simple...it’s because when you experience and finally realized that “you ARE NOTHINNG WITHOUT GOD”, you begin to accept the imperfections of others and be more forgiving...more loving and caring... because you realize that you are loved and cared for in that way by God. That’s how one is humbled and that’s why the weak are chosen. What make humans empowered? What’s the human power? Simply, it’s PRAYER...because when we pray, it’s God Who battles for us, Who leads us...and truly there’s no one more powerful than God. Amen. 😊 If God created the world with just His Words, we humans - the images of God, are empowered through prayers. Thus, those who are created from dirt...”humans” we are called...are like “wild cards” - God can turn them to anyone. Cool! :D

Amazing! God bless everyone! Our God is so Good!

So stunning and beautiful 💕 love this thabk you and God bless you all 🕊️

"weak little dirt creatures" 😂 made me laugh deeply and then I cried. So true. We are so blessed that God even thinks of us.

We encourage you to slowly read through Psalm 8 about three or four times: bibleproject.com/learn/psalms/#read-psalm_8 Throughout much of the Bible, humans are described as unimpressive in comparison with the glory of the stars and sun above. So why has God exalted humanity to rule over creation on his behalf? We can find the answer in Psalm 8, a familiar poem in the Bible quoted by Jesus and other New Testament authors (see Matthew 21:15-16; 1 Corinthians 15:22-27; Ephesians 1:19-23). Psalm 8 opens with a short riddle, and when we take the time to make sense of it, we can understand more about God’s choice to elevate humans (Psalm 8:2-3). In the opening of the psalm, we’re told that God is at work in the world to confront violent world rulers and establish a safe refuge. And he’s doing it through the cries of tiny babies! It’s a poetic symbol that describes a pattern of how God works, by exalting the lowly and bringing down the powerful. This is a common biblical motif to talk about how God loves to upset the standard value systems and power structures of our world (see the same ideas at work in 1 Samuel 2, or the story of David’s rise in 1 Samuel 16). For God’s Kingdom of ultimate justice to come on earth as it is in heaven, corrupt and distorted systems of human power need to be exposed and corrected (see the following Psalms 9-10 for an exposition of this same theme). This is why Psalm 8 was valuable to Jesus, as he compared himself and his followers to the weak ones that God was going to enthrone over the world. But even the way Jesus became King of the world was surprising. He was enthroned through weakness, as he allowed himself to die because of the sins of his own people. But the God of the Bible is in the habit of raising up the helpless to reign over creation, and the resurrection of Jesus is the ultimate act of God’s power through weakness. This poem invites us to consider not only humanity’s role in the world but also the way that Jesus fulfilled that role. Jesus invites us into a new way of viewing power, value, and human destiny. View more resources on Psalm 8: -Psalm 8 Study Notes: tbp.xyz/psalm8studynotes -Psalm 8 Script References: tbp.xyz/psalm8scriptreferences -Psalm 8 blog: tbp.xyz/psalm8blog -Psalm 8 podcast: tbp.xyz/psalm8podcast

Been meditating on this passage for the last 3 days. What a great timing!

Thanks be to God for the men and women that pray and study to create the Bible project.

Funny just read that last night can't wait for insight

That made me tear up. Beautiful. Thank you. ^.^ You guys inspired me to dig in and share the word too. Digging into Romans at the moment. It's a blast to share and chew on. ^.^

Yesterday I prayed to God to give me a chapter to read (I was broken/contrite heart) and it was Psalm 8. Today this video of Psalm 8 pops up in my recommendation! Praise God All glory to Jesus

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I wanna thank you so much for this video. I am forever blessed because it finally opened my eyes. God truly wants us back by his side to rule creation. It sounds so amazing to think about. I’m planning to become a missionary to save those who are in terrible situations. To reveal to them. It doesn’t have to be this way. That our father loves us dearly. That we must carry our cross till our times come individually, or when Jesus finally brings our new kingdom to earth. John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only son. So for those who believe in him shall not perish, but have eternal life. Amen.

God bless Reed Harvey absolutely beautiful sound design

I can’t help but respond ‘Amen!’ at the end of this beautiful video. Thanks very much!!!

the SOUND DESIGN is absolutely gorgeous. well done team!

"Let's dive in..." "OK, first let's get our bearings..." 😀

Man I like this animation and the explanation God bless 🙏🏽✝️

I appreciate God for your dedication to unraveling the scripture. Thanks 😊

Well done, good and faithful servant. Those searching for truth will find it here.

"To be his follower, is to become like a child." I always thought this, but felt foolish. I think that children think with their heart majority of the time; what happen to me as an adult, my mind thinks so rational, but deep down I know that isn't the path. But I take it anyway. And if I don't take the most logical path, I'm criticized for it. But as I've become my own person, and still growing currently, do what you love to do. Love and Faith to God will lead you to greater heights than anyone on Earth. Unless Jesus comes back.

I was just viewing your guys’ channel earlier

Simply superb to listen and see the new layers getting unfolded of the books and chapters read in the past! It’s indeed a wonderful experience! Thanks a ton! God bless!!

Oh, Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name through all the earth! Amen!

I remember singing a hymn as a little kid about this Psalm.

Can you guys do one on the apocrypha? The deuter-canonical books?

I truly Praised God during this, tears of joy. I am Blessed and Thankful.

beautiful beautiful beautiful, i am blessed to have someone like you to teach us about the word of GOD. No one can explain the Bible as good as you ! ♥

Ok now do the other 150

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Oh Yahweh Our Lord how Majestic is Your Name! Amen HalleluYah! Tebarek Abba!

God bless you all and your whole family!! You all are so amazing and strong! Thank you for this video BibleProject team! Does anyone want me to pray for them or their family? I would love to do that!❤️💕

Did anyone notice how the way to the kingdom was zig zag and not straight 😏

It’s not “poor.” it’s “mistreated.” Stop associating poor with victim.

Thank you so much for this beautiful video ❤️❤️❤️❤️I can’t stop crying ...God’s revealing His aliveness and the amazing truths of His love for us...in spite of how small we are

Your visual illustrations illuminate the Word in a way that many of us have read for years but only now truly elevated by the meaning. What an awesome anointing, please keep sharing!

So much to unpack in 6 minutes. Love it! One of my favourite Psalms.

Oh Lord HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE LAND!!!

Oh LORD how beautiful is your name in all the earth

Thank you Bible Project Team for all of the work you do. Someday you will see what a a blessing, beyond imagination, your work has been to the world.

I love these visual commentary videos. Some of my favourite videos the BibleProject has produced.

thankyou for all the work you do to spread the word of God.thankyou

I simply wanted to say thank you!!! 🙌🏻

Bible Project team: your content is changing the way people approach the Bible. So thankful!

Thank you for another great video! I feel the presence of the Holy Spirit through your work!!

Oh my gosh! I just love love love the Bible Project. Thank you Jesus! Thank you Holy Spirit for leading Tim and John.

This is helping me thank you so much for putting these videos together. I sincerely mean it I started watching you guys a while back I think these videos have been more impactful than many of the Sundays I sat in church as a child and a young man feeling as though I was wasting time sitting there not gleaning anything. But these videos the 6 minutes and 25 seconds has impacted my day it's 7:00 in the morning I'm getting ready to head out to work thank you for this I believe my day will be better and more complete and I will be better able to serve God because of what you have put together in His name thank you.

I learned so much about the Word of God from your videos. I went through all the Holy Bible videos, Thus gaining a more powerful understanding of God’s Word. It’s amazing.

Always- such a beautiful job. I truly appreciate the color you give to this text and the way you break it down. Amazing job Bible Project team!

Beautifully done! Thanks for all you do for Christ's church!❤🙏

PSALM 139 NEXT PLEASE!! It's my favorite psalm!❤❤❤

Thank you for this good news. Blessings on you.

I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. Today (October 3, Pentecost 19), this was our Psalm of the Day.

Thank you!! Amazing work, you guys! I had never seen that until you started to point it out on the podcast! Glory be to God for every single thing, including this superb project!

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