the verse behind the song

God I'm Just Grateful

Elevation Worship & Chandler Moore

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Psalm 8:1-9 · the full passage

¹Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens! ²From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger. ³When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained; ⁴what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him? ⁵For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor. ⁶You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet: ⁷All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field, ⁸The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas. ⁹Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Psalm 8:1-9 · WEB · Public domain.

more about this song

the question in the chorus comes from Psalm 8:4, where David asks why God thinks about people at all. the song's thanks also echoes Psalm 107:1.

Slow down

it's sunday, and thanksgiving is this week. find a quiet spot, put your headphones in and listen to the song once as worship.

The line

“who am I that You keep me on Your mind”

from God I'm Just Grateful, Elevation Worship & Chandler Moore

What it's about

Psalm 8 is a night sky psalm. in verse 3 David looks at the moon and the stars, the kind of sky you only see far from city lights, and in verse 4 he asks why God would even think about people. then the psalm turns. verse 5 says God made people a little lower than himself and crowned them with glory. this Bible version writes Yahweh, God's personal name, where many Bibles print LORD.

the New Testament comes back to this psalm. Jesus quotes verse 2 in Matthew 21:16, when kids in the temple were shouting praise to him and the religious leaders wanted them quiet, and Hebrews 2:6-9 reads verses 4-6 as pointing to Jesus. the song's chorus asks David's question in today's words. Chris Brown of Elevation Worship said the band felt real thankfulness in the room when it was written.

Sit with it

next time you're outside at night, look up for a minute. what does it mean to you that the God who made all of that keeps you in mind?

Pray

God, thank you for thinking about me and caring for me. help me notice what you've done this year and thank you for it. amen.

Listen again

play the song once more and listen for the question in the chorus, now that you've read Psalm 8:4.

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