The world is full of many wonderful things. From Mount Everest on the border of Nepal and Tibet to the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona, these sights are breath taking. A deeper approach to these geographical features would be to think about where we stand in relation to them. What are human beings compared to these creations?
This is approach that King David takes in the 8th Psalm. His hymn of praise starts with majesty of God and moves on the majesty of the created world. Verse 4 is the turning point as he asks, “What is man that You take thought of him?”
This question allows David to describe humanities place in creation with royal terms (crown him, rule over, under his feet). This reinforces the fact that we have a special place in the created universe as people made in God’s image. We aren’t byproducts of evolution, but caretakers serving the King of Kings.
