All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field,
Christ is the key to this psalm. He was made a little lower than the angels through death, yet now sits Lord of all creation, and His elect in Him reign with a dominion greater than Adam's ever was. Let us not be snared by earthly things, but remember we are to reign over them, not they over us.
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Commenting on Psalm 8:5
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; (d) By the temporal gifts of man's creation, he is led to consider the benefits which he has by his regeneration through Christ.
Man is a king with a kingdom: the entire created world, filled with the works of divine wisdom, lies under his feet. The poet surveys this dominion with enthusiasm, naming creatures across land, air, and water, domestic and wild, fowl and fish, each class enumerated to show the breadth of human rule in this province.
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Commenting on Psalm 8:6-8