Passion for Praise: 'Mere Mortals?'

Thursday, September 7, 1961

[O Lord, our Lord what are mere mortals?] Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor.
— Psalm 8:5

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Illustration of Psalm 8:5 — [O Lord, our Lord what are mere mortals?] Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor.

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Passion for Praise is a daily devotional consisting of a passage of Scripture that emphasizes praise to our God.

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