Psalms 8:3

(8-4) When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast established;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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(8-3) Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou founded strength, because of Thine adversaries; that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

4(8-5) What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou thinkest of him?

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Cross References

Genesis 1:1IN THE beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Exodus 8:19(8-15) Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh: 'This is the finger of God'; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.

Deuteronomy 4:19and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.

Job 25:3Is there any number of His armies? And upon whom doth not His light arise?

Job 36:24Remember that thou magnify His work, whereof men have sung.

Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them 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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