1. WHO AM I? Psalm 8:1-9 (NKJV) 1 To the Chief Musician. On the instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth,

2. I. I AM THE FOCUS OF GOD’S CONCERN (8:1-2)

3. A.GOD IS INFINITELY ABOVE ME (8:1) 1 Who have set Your glory above the heavens! A. GOD IS INFINITELY ABOVE ME (8:1) 1 Who have set Your glory above the heavens!

4. B. GOD IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH ME (8:2) 2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy And the avenger. B. GOD IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH ME (8:2) 2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy And the avenger. B. GOD IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH ME (8:2) 2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy And the avenger. B. GOD IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH ME (8:2) 2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy And the avenger. B. GOD IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH ME (8:2) 2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy And the avenger. B. GOD IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH ME (8:2) 2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy And the avenger.

5. II. I AM THE CLIMAX OF GOD’S CREATION (8:3-4) II. I AM THE CLIMAX OF GOD’S CREATION (8:3-4)

6. A.THE UNIVERSE REVEALS GOD’S GREATNESS (8:3) 3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,

7. B. MAN REVEALS GOD’S GRACE (8:4) 4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? B. MAN REVEALS GOD’S GRACE (8:4) 4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?

8. III. I AM THE RECIPIENT OF GOD’S CROWN (8:5-9)

9. A. GOD CREATED MAN WITH POSITION (8:5) 5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

10. B. GOD CREATED MAN WITH PURPOSE (8:6-9) 6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, 7 All sheep and oxen-- Even the beasts of the field, 8 The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.

11. 9 O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth!