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Psalm 8
Have you ever heard someone say “if there is a God then why does He allow infants and children to suffer?” Well, Psalm 8 answers this question with great clarity.
Let us observe how the God of justice hears and vindicates the cries of even the most helpless members of Adam’s fallen race!
As we study this 8th Psalm let us take notice of how the Psalmist views God, children, and the cosmic conflict that rages around us in the heavenly realms!
- The Sovereignty of God in Creation: Verse 1a. “Yahweh our God, how mighty is your name in all the earth…”
- The Greater Reality: Yahweh the God of Israel is Lord and rules over all things even though it may seem like He is not.
- The Supreme Entity: God has all power and authority not merely “in all the earth” but rather “over all the earth.” The basis of God’s sovereign might goes all the way back to His Creative power.
- God’s Foreknowledge Concerning the Suffering of Children: Verse 1b. “by the mouth of babies and sucklings” – History’s Helpless Victims
- God’s Protecting Grace: Verse 2b. “You established a barricade to deal with your watchful foes, to stop the enemy and the person taking redress.”
As we consider the innumerable injustices committed against the throngs of helpless children throughout human history, we can rest assured that God has established limitations and boundaries to protect these precious little ones. Jesus Christ takes up the words of this great Psalm in the NT and declares that if we are to enter into a relationship with God that we must come to God as one of these little children. -Matthew 21:1-16
