📖🕯 Holy Bible – Psalms 8 with Matthew Henry Commentary at the end.

<p><strong>📖 This chapter is about: </strong> God is to be glorified, for making known himself to us, And for making even the heavenly bodies useful to man, thereby placing him but little lower than the angels. </p> <p><strong>🕯 How does this apply today?:</strong> &quot;The destruction of sinners may be prevented by their conversion; for it is threatened, If he turn not from his evil way, let him expect it will be his ruin. But amidst the threatenings of wrath, we have a gracious offer of mercy. God gives sinners warning of their danger, and space to repent, and prevent it.&quot; ~ Matthew Henry</p> <p>&quot;The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.&quot; ~ 2 Peter 3:9 (NIV)</p> <p><strong>📖 About the book:</strong> David was the penman of most of the Book of Psalms, but some evidently were composed by other writers, and the writers of some are doubtful. But all were written by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost; and no part of the Old Testament is more frequently quoted or referred to in the New. Every psalm either points directly to Christ, in his person, his character, and offices; or may lead the believer&#39;s thoughts to Him. And the psalms are the language of the believer&#39;s heart, whether mourning for sin, thirsting after God, or rejoicing in Him. Whether burdened with affliction, struggling with temptation, or triumphing in the hope or enjoyment of deliverance; whether admiring the Divine perfections, thanking God for his mercies, mediating on his truths, or delighting in his service; they form a Divinely appointed standard of experience, by which we may judge ourselves. Their value, in this view, is very great, and the use of them will increase with the growth of the power of true religion in the heart. By the psalmist&#39;s expressions, the Spirit helps us to pray. If we make the psalms familiar to us, whatever we have to ask at the throne of grace, by way of confession,