1. Psalms
Songs from the Heart of God
Psalm 8: God’s Glory, Man’s Dignity

2. Psalm 8: 1Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! You have covered the heavens with Your majesty.

3. Psalm 8: 1Yahweh…

4. “Moses! Moses!”

5. Exodus: Our Rescuing God
Exodus 3: 14God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.” 15God also said to Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever; this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

6. Exodus: Our Rescuing God
14God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.” 15God also said to Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever; this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

7. …say to the Israelites:
I AM has sent me to you.”
I AM = YHWH
Traditionally pronounced “Jehovah”
Modern linguists suggest “Yahweh”
Usually translated into English bibles as ‘the LORD’
Used almost 7,000 times in OT

8. …say to the Israelites:
I AM has sent me to you.”
Based on Hebrew verb meaning ‘to be’
Infers several truths about Yahweh:
He is Ever-Present
He is Eternal
He is Self-Existent
He is Changeless

9. Exodus: Our Rescuing God
14God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.” 15God also said to Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever; this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

10. Exodus: Our Rescuing God
14God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.” 15God also said to Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever; this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

11. Exodus: Our Rescuing God
14God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.” 15God also said to Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever; this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

12. Exodus: Our Rescuing God
14God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.” 15God also said to Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever; this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

13. Exodus: Our Rescuing God
14God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.” 15God also said to Moses, “Say this to the Israelites: Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever; this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.”

14. Psalm 8: 1Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! You have covered the heavens with Your majesty.
Lord = Adonai
= Master

15. Literally, ‘wide’ or ‘large’ (Huge!)
Psalm 8: 1Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! You have covered the heavens with Your majesty.
Magnificent!
Literally, ‘wide’ or ‘large’ (Huge!)
Synonyms: excellent, famous, glorious, mighty, superb

16. Psalm 8: 1Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! You have covered the heavens with Your majesty.

17. Psalms
Songs from the Heart of God
Psalm 8: God’s Glory, Man’s Dignity

18. Psalm 8: 3When I observe Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You set in place, 4what is man that You remember him, the son of man that You look after him? 5You made him little less than God and crowned him with glory and honor. 6You made him lord over the works of Your hands; You put everything under his feet…

19. Carl Sagan: "As long as there have been humans we have searched for our place in the cosmos. Where are we? Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people."

20. Psalm 8: 3When I observe Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You set in place, 4what is man that You remember him, the son of man that You look after him? 5You made him little less than God and crowned him with glory and honor. 6You made him lord over the works of Your hands; You put everything under his feet…

21. Psalm 8: 3When I observe Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You set in place, 4what is man that You remember him, the son of man that You look after him? 5You made him little less than God and crowned him with glory and honor. 6You made him lord over the works of Your hands; You put everything under his feet…

22. Psalm 8: 3When I observe Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You set in place, 4what is man that You remember him, the son of man that You look after him? 5You made him little less than God and crowned him with glory and honor. 6You made him lord over the works of Your hands; You put everything under his feet…

23. Psalm 8: 9Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth!

24. Psalms Songs from the Heart of God
Psalm 9: Celebration of God’s Justice

25. Psalm 9: 1I will thank Yahweh with all my heart; I will declare all Your wonderful works. 2I will rejoice and boast about You; I will sing about Your name, Most High.

26. Psalm 9: 1I will thank Yahweh with all my heart; I will declare all Your wonderful works. 2I will rejoice and boast about You; I will sing about Your name, Most High.

27. Psalm 9: 1I will thank Yahweh with all my heart; I will declare all Your wonderful works. 2I will rejoice and boast about You; I will sing about Your name, Most High.

28. Psalm 9: 1I will thank Yahweh with all my heart; I will declare all Your wonderful works. 2I will rejoice and boast about You; I will sing about Your name, Most High.

29. I will declare all Your wonderful works…
I will rejoice and boast about You…
What do YOU have to declare, to rejoice about, to boast about the Lord?

30. Psalms Songs from the Heart of God
Psalm 9: Celebration of God’s Justice

31. Psalm 9: 7… the LORD sits enthroned forever; He has established His throne for judgment. 8He judges the world with righteousness; He executes judgment on the nations with fairness. 9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10Those who know Your name trust in You because You have not abandoned those who seek You, Yahweh. 11Sing to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

32. Psalm 9: 7… the LORD sits enthroned forever; He has established His throne for judgment. 8He judges the world with righteousness; He executes judgment on the nations with fairness. 9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10Those who know Your name trust in You because You have not abandoned those who seek You, Yahweh. 11Sing to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

33. Psalm 9: 7… the LORD sits enthroned forever; He has established His throne for judgment. 8He judges the world with righteousness; He executes judgment on the nations with fairness. 9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10Those who know Your name trust in You because You have not abandoned those who seek You, Yahweh. 11Sing to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

34. Psalm 9: 7… the LORD sits enthroned forever; He has established His throne for judgment. 8He judges the world with righteousness; He executes judgment on the nations with fairness. 9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10Those who know Your name trust in You because You have not abandoned those who seek You, Yahweh. 11Sing to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

35. Psalm 9: 7… the LORD sits enthroned forever; He has established His throne for judgment. 8He judges the world with righteousness; He executes judgment on the nations with fairness. 9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10Those who know Your name trust in You because You have not abandoned those who seek You, Yahweh. 11Sing to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

36. Psalm 9: 7… the LORD sits enthroned forever; He has established His throne for judgment. 8He judges the world with righteousness; He executes judgment on the nations with fairness. 9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10Those who know Your name trust in You because You have not abandoned those who seek You, Yahweh. 11Sing to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

37. Psalm 9: 7… the LORD sits enthroned forever; He has established His throne for judgment. 8He judges the world with righteousness; He executes judgment on the nations with fairness. 9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10Those who know Your name trust in You because You have not abandoned those who seek You, Yahweh. 11Sing to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.

38. Psalm 9: 7… the LORD sits enthroned forever; He has established His throne for judgment. 8He judges the world with righteousness; He executes judgment on the nations with fairness. 9The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10Those who know Your name trust in You because You have not abandoned those who seek You, Yahweh. 11Sing to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim His deeds among the nations.