Psalm 8

(Feel free to use this as a spoken intro for "God of Wonders," "The Majesty and Glory of Your Name," or other creation oriented songs.)

Psalm 8 for Three Voices

(adapted from the TNIV)

Reader 1 - Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Reader 2 - You have set your glory above the heavens.

Reader 3 - Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies,

Reader 1 - to silence the foe and the avenger.

(pause)

Reader 2 - When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers

Reader 1 - The moon and the stars, which you have set in place

Reader 3 – Who are we that you are mindful of us, human beings that you care for us?

(pause)

Reader 2 - You have made us a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned us with glory and honor.

Reader 3 - You made us rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under our feet:

Reader 1 - all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, 

Reader 2 - the birds in the sky,

Reader 3 - and the fish in the sea

Reader 1 - all that swim the paths of the seas.

(pause, then slowly—with awe) 

(intro to “God of Wonders” begins)

Reader 2 - Lord

Reader 3 - our Lord

Reader 1 - how majestic is your name in all the earth!