Psalm & Prayer: Psalm 8

Psalm 8:1-9 (NLT)  O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens. 2  You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose you. 3  When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers— the moon and the stars you set in place— 4  what are people that you should think about them, mere mortals that you should care for them? 5  Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor. 6  You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority— 7  the flocks and the herds and all the wild animals, 8  the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents. 9  O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!

Psalm Prayer: God of majesty, amid the grandeur of your creation you sought us out, and by the coming of your Son you adorned us with glory and honor, giving us dominion over your works. Enable us so to care for the earth that all creation may radiate the splendor of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.