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诗篇第8篇|Book of Psalm 8

【主名何其美】

主讲：陈炎明牧师

19/05/2023

引言：

【祢真伟大】····

一、主名彰显神荣耀（8:1-2）

8:1 耶和华我们的主啊，你的名在全地何其美！你将你的荣耀彰显于天。

1.主的名伟大而奇妙（V1）

对人体基因DNA的研究有个奇妙的发现，原来衔接基因分子的搭桥只出现在第10、第5、第6、第5个节点。而这组号码正好是希伯来字母יהוה（念法是从右到左Yud Heh Vav Heh）Yud=10、Heh=5、Vav=6、Heh=5

原来人的基因都记录了创造主的名字YHVH。神的名是耶和华，神的名既是神，也包含神的一切属性，耶和华为自有永有者。神的名甚至显明在每一个祂所创造的人的基因里。

2.主的荣耀彰显于天（V1）

【天】的原文是 shamayim ，是指地面以上的无限空间；这天是指天空、也是宇宙太空、更是指神所住的天堂。从肉眼可见到肉眼看不尽的遥远之天。只有当科学越发达才越觉得无比奇妙浩大。再透过灵里的眼睛所透视到的，属灵而真实存在的天堂。

耶和华神是我们天上的父，祂是诸天的创造主与设计主，全地都要彰显祂的荣耀。祂是我们的【天父】，是我们生命的主。祂的名在全地何其美？而我们竟然是祂的儿女、祂的所爱、祂的代表！祂的名何其美，我们其能不沾光呢？我们是主的反射体。

3.神使软弱者显刚强（V2）

8:2 你因敌人的缘故，从婴孩和吃奶的口中建立了能力，使仇敌和报仇的闭口无言。

婴孩是无知的、吃奶的是软弱的，这表示当我们面对仇敌攻击挑战的时候，我们要单纯像婴孩。我们不要用人的聪明，最终反而显出神的能力，叫抵挡着哑口无言。

正如保罗形容自己是愚昧的（林前1），除了主和十字架，其他的他都不懂。其实保罗是大有学问的人，只是当他拿主和救恩的福音作对比时，他只捉住那单纯的信心。

二、创造之神与蒙恩的人（8:3-8）

1.竟然有序的星球（V3）

8:3 我观看你指头所造的天，并你所陈设的月亮星宿，

罗马书 1:19 “神的事情，人所能知道的，原显明在人心里，因为神已经给他们显明。20 自从造天地以来，神的永能和神性是明明可知的，虽是眼不能见，但藉着所造之物就可以晓得，叫人无可推诿。”

单单观看宇宙间的日夜星宿就不难发现神的记号。一个超智慧与精准的设计与摆设，单单说地球于星球间的距离、公转自转、速度都已经是个妙不可言的神迹。

2.蒙神眷顾的人类（V4）

8:4 便说，人算什么，你竟顾念他？世人算什么，你竟眷顾他？

对比宇宙之大，人虽渺小，却蒙最伟大的神所顾念，这是何等恩典不是吗？

3.何等荣耀的奖赏（V5）

8:5 你叫他比天使（或作“　神”）微小一点，并赐他荣耀尊贵为冠冕。

在被造的万物之中，人的身份仅次于神，因为人是按照神的形象样式所造。人不但有得神拯救的恩典，而且还享有荣耀尊贵的冠冕。

4.难以想象的管理（V6-8）

8:6-8 你派他管理你手所造的，使万物，就是一切的羊牛、田野的兽、空中的鸟、海里的鱼，凡经行海道的，都服在他的脚下。

被造的人受托管理万有，可见神把领导的本能都已经放在我们里面。我们所要发挥的是去激发和应用潜在我们里面的恩赐与才能。

总结：主名何其美—你名又多美？（8:9）

8:9 耶和华我们的主啊，你的名在全地何其美！

神的名字何其美，我们是神的代言人，我们也要显出神的荣美。我们的身份叫【神的儿女】、【神的子民】、【基督徒】（小基督）、【基督的新妇】····，我们是与神紧紧挂钩的，是神的“一部分”，甚至说神的灵住在我们里面。哇！这名何其美啊！

Psalm 8 What a beautiful name
GK611 Morning Devotion
19/05/2023
The Morning Devotion Speakers: Rev. David Tan

Introduction: How Great You Are

I. The name of the Lord manifests His glory (8:1-2)

8:1 O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens!

（1） The name of the Lord is great and wonderful (V1)

There is a wonderful discovery in the study of human DNA. It turns out that the bridges connecting the gene molecules only appear at the 10th, 5th, 6th, and 5th nodes. And this group of numbers happens to be the Hebrew letters יהוה (pronounced from right to left Yud Heh Vav Heh) Yud=10、Heh=5、Vav=6、Heh=5

It turns out that human genes all record the Creator's name YHVH. God’s name is Jehovah. God’s name is not only God but also includes all of God’s attributes. Jehovah is the ever-existing One. God's name is even revealed in the genes of every human being He has created.

（2）The glory of the Lord manifests in heaven (V1)

The original text of [heaven] is shamayim, which refers to the infinite space above the ground; this heaven refers to the sky, the space of the universe, and moreover, the heaven where God lives. The distance of heaven is from the visibility of the naked eye to the invisibility of the naked eye. Only when science is more developed, it becomes more wonderful and vaster. Then through the eyes of the spirit, the spiritual and real heaven is seen.

Jehovah God is our Heavenly Father, He is the Creator and Designer of the heavens, and the whole earth shall manifest His glory. He is our Heavenly Father, the Lord of our lives. How excellent is His name in all the earth? And we are His children, His beloved, and His representatives! How excellent is His name, how can we not be honoured? We are the reflection of the Lord.

（3） God strengthens the weak (V2)

8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.

Babies are ignorant and nursing infants are weak, which means that when we face the enemy's attack and challenge, we must be simple like babies. We should not use human intelligence, in the end, God's power will be displayed, making the withstander speechless.

As Paul described himself as a fool (1 Corinthians 1), he knew nothing but the Lord and the cross. In fact, Paul was a man of great knowledge, but when he compared the Lord with the gospel of salvation, he only grasped the simple faith.

2. The Creator God and the Blessed Man (8:3-8)

(1) An orderly planet (V3)

8:3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,

Romans 1:19 “Because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.

It is not difficult to find the marks of God just by looking at the day and night stars in the universe. A super-intelligent and precise design and decoration, just talking about the distance between the earth and the planets, the revolution and rotation, and the speed are already a wonderful miracle.

(2) God cares for man (V4)

8:4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?

Compared with the vastness of the universe, although human beings are small, they are cared for by the greatest God. How amazing grace is this, isn’t it?

(3) What a glorious reward (V5)

8:5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels (or “God”), and You have crowned him with glory and honor.

Among all created things, the identity of man is second only to God, because man is created in the image of God. Man not only has the grace to be saved by God but also enjoys the crown of glory and honour.

(4) An unimaginable Management (V6-8)

8:6-8 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, All sheep and oxen— Even the beasts of the field, The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.

Created man is entrusted to manage all things, which shows that God has put the instinct of leadership in us. What we have to develop is to stimulate and apply the latent gifts and talents in us.

Conclusion: What a beautiful name—how beautiful is your name? (8:9)

8:9 O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth!

God’s name is so excellent, we are God’s spokespersons, and we also want to show God’s beauty. Our identities are [God’s children], [God’s people], [Christians] (little Christ), [Christ’s bride] ... We are closely linked with God and are “a part of God”, even saying that the Spirit of God dwells in us. Wow! How excellent is this name!