Gittith?

For the director of music. According to gittith.

A psalm of David.

¹ O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
above the heavens.

² From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise
because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.

³ When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,

⁴ what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?

⁵ You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
and crowned him with glory and honor.

⁶ You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:

⁷ all flocks and herds,
and the beasts of the field,

⁸ the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹ O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth! - Psalm 8

first reaction: what the heck is gittith? i hope its some really amazing, moving music that the psalm is set to.

anyways, when i see the night sky filled with stars, i am humbled. creation is unthinkably large and ageless, i am small and my time is short. the stars and the moon i look up to are the same that shone upon adam, david, jesus, and paul. their light has guided all of us through the darkness. i am tiny. the span of my life is but a breath in all of existence. what am i that you should be mindful of me? care for me? die for me? i can not fathom the works of your hands god. or comprehend your love.

ju so craysee mang.