Psalms 8:3

\8:2\You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

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In The King James Version

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

In Context

2\8:1\O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth!

4\8:3\When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;

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Cross References

Genesis 1:1At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

Exodus 8:19Then the wonder-workers said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: but Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.

Deuteronomy 4:19And when your eyes are lifted up to heaven, and you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of heaven, do not let yourselves be moved to give them worship, or become the servants of what the Lord has given equally to all peoples under heaven.

Job 25:3Is it possible for his armies to be numbered? and on whom is not his light shining?

Job 36:24See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs.

Psalms 33:6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 8:2-3

Glory of God in His Works. 1 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. The psalmist here sets himself to give to God the glory due to his name. Dr. Hammond grounds a conjecture upon the title of this psalm concerning the occasion of penning it. It is said to be upon Gittith, which is generally taken for the… Read the whole commentary →

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