A personal statement for a job application or for a university application can be a hard thing to complete. Most people think more about the negatives rather than the positives. Nevertheless, Psalm 8 tells us everything we need to know to put in that personal statement and the only person who needs to like it is God.
8:1 (A psalm by David for the music leader.) Our LORD and Ruler, your name is wonderful everywhere on earth! You let your glory be seen in the heavens above.
8:2 With praises from children and from tiny infants, you have built a fortress. It makes your enemies silent, and all who turn against you are left speechless.
8:3 I often think of the heavens your hands have made, and of the moon and stars you put in place.
8:4 Then I ask, "Why do you care about us humans? Why are you concerned for us weaklings?8:5 You made us a little lower than you yourself, and you have crowned us with glory and honor.
8:6 You let us rule everything your hands have made. And you put all of it under our power-- 8:7 the sheep and the cattle, and every wild animal,
8:8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and all ocean creatures.
8:9 Our LORD and Ruler, your name is wonderful everywhere on earth!
