Psalms 8:4
For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast founded.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
In Context
5What is man that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest hi?
Cross References
Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.
Genesis 19:35They made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in, and lay with him: and neither then did he perceive when she lay down, nor when she rose up.
Exodus 4:31And the people believed. And they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel: and that he had looked upon their affliction: and falling down they adored.
Job 7:17What is a man that thou shouldst magnify him? or why dost thou set thy heart upon him?
Psalms 4:2When I called upon him, the God of my justice heard me: when I was in distress, thou hast enlarged me. Have mercy on me: and hear my prayer.
Psalms 80:17Things set on fire and dug down shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 8:4-9
Condescension of God. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of… Read the whole commentary →