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Video: Majestic, God who puts humans in charge
Video: Majestic, God who puts humans in charge
Psalm 8 video: In one of King David’s most famous songs, he raves about God and then wonders why a god would bother with humans…let alone trust them with the control over all of creation.
Here are the lyrics, from the new Casual English Bible® paraphrase.
PSALM 8
THERE’S MAJESTY TO GOD’S NAME
FROM HERE TO HIGH HEAVEN, GOD SHINES
A psalm of David. LORD and master, There’s a majesty to your name throughout the earth. Your glory shines from here to high heaven… When I look at the sky you created with your fingers, And the moon and stars you hung there, I have to ask why you bother with people. Why do you care about us at all? You created us just a little less than yourself. And then you glorified us with high honors.HUMANITY: EARTH’S CARETAKER
You put us in charge of everything you made. Gave us control of all of your creatures: Every sheep and cow in the fields, Every wild critter in the woods, Every bird in the sky and fish in the sea, And any other animal that gets wet in the water. LORD and master, There’s a majesty to your name, spread throughout the earth.Majestic, the God who puts humans in charge
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Video: A little prayer for kindness
Video: A little prayer for kindness
Video: A little prayer for kindness
About 3,000 years ago, a Jewish songwriter who seemed in big trouble wrote a prayer to God, asking him to show some kindness and help him out of whatever problem he was facing at the time. Here's part of the prayer, excerpted from Psalm 31, in the new Casual English Bible.
LORD, I need some kindness here.
I’m in big trouble.
I’ve cried my eyes red and dry.
I’m weary to the bone And crushed in the spirit.
I’ve known sorrow all my life.
I’ve moaned my way through the years.
My strength has collapsed, Weakened by my sin.
My body is run down and used up.
I have so many enemies now That everybody seems to hate me.
Everyone who knows me dreads me. If they see me coming, They get going.
I’m a shattered pot, a broken man. I’m as gone and forgotten as a dead man.
I’ve heard my share of insults. I’m terrorized by people on all sides.
They’re ganging up on me.
But here’s the thing. I trust you, LORD.
I remind myself, “You are my God.”
You hold the days of my life In the palm of your hand.
Shine some kindness on me. Save me because kindness is who you are.