Sweeping over the void – with defiant worship
Peter Neilson
June 12, 2017
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Psalm 8
1 Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!You have set your glory
in the heavens.
2 Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?[c]5 You have made them[d] a little lower than the angels[e]
and crowned them[f] with glory and honour.
6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their[g] feet:
7 all flocks and herds,
and the animals of the wild,
8 the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.9 Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Lord, what a way to start the week!
Looking up in wonder and adoration
Amazed at your handiwork
From stars to starfish.
As the Psalmist speaks of children’s voices
Silencing the enemy and the avenger
We remember the concert in Manchester
Defiant in the face of terrorism.
Lord, You do turn up in the strangest places!
Today we pray for the victims of the attacks
in Manchester and London
in Kabul and Mosul.
Let them know that
You are mindful of them today
That you care more than they know.
Today we pray for all who feel belittled,
Bullied at home or at school
All who live with the scars of abuse long past.
Let them know that
In your eyes
They are crowned with glory and honour
More special than they know. Amen.
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