In one of my worship classes at MBU, the class was challenged to take a Psalm, read it, and then write out a prayer based on the Psalm. I’ve only done this in personal prayer times, but I haven’t done it with the purpose of using it in corporate worship. Altogether, I really enjoyed studying this Psalm and then writing a prayer based upon it. Coincidentally, I’m using this Psalm to “kick off” the service at Grace on the 14th, and I think I’ll also use this prayer to go along with it. I’ll be sure to give a follow up on how it went.
Psalm 8 (ESV)
1 O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babes and infants,
you have established strength because of your foes,
to still the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
4 what is man that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care for him?
5 Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;
you have put all things under his feet,
7 all sheep and oxen,
and also the beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Prayer
God,
Your name establishes glory and honor throughout all the earth and it’s greatness surpass the limits of the unbounded universe.
Your glory and honor does not wait for us to come to an understanding of you. Even through the mouths of infants is your glory and honor proclaimed.
We look at the earth, the stars, and ponder on the surpassing greatness of the universe; we wonder, “what do you see in man that you find value in him? What is it about him that you have chosen to also give him glory and honor? Why is it that you have chosen to establish his authority over all you have created?”
O God, the magnificence of your name is established throughout all the earth.
Written by: James
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