Psalms 8:3

Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

2O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens.

4For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast founded.

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Cross References

Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.

Exodus 8:19And the magicians said to Pharao This is the finger of God. And Pharao heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them, as the Lord had commanded.

Deuteronomy 4:19Lest perhaps lifting up thy eyes to heaven, thou see the sun and the moon, and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error thou adore and serve them, which the Lord thy God created for the service of all the nations, that are under heaven.

Job 25:3Is there any numbering of his soldiers? and upon whom shall not his light arise?

Job 36:24Remember that thou knowest not his work, concerning which men have sung.

Psalms 33:6By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit 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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