In this Psalm Shalom is founded on the majesty and artistry of the Creator. This panel of the tapestry contrasts the vast intricacy of the universe and the small human habitation at the waterside, its light reflected on the water. See the earlier post on the Defeat of Dogma by Understatement for the theological and polemical importance of stars in the Hebrew Bible.
Each of the panel of the tapestry is 9cm by 7cm. What you are seeing is a close-up. The canvas us 24 to the inch guage, and the cotton is six stranded cotton, with the colouts mixed in various combinations of strands – which means endless possibilities of colour and tone.
Psalm 8
1 Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
in the heavens.
2 Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold against 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 mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?[c]
5 You have made them[d] a little lower than the angels[e]
and crowned them[f] with glory and honor.
6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their[g] feet:
7 all flocks and herds,
and the animals of the wild,
8 the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.
9 Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
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