Psalms 8:3

(8:4) When I behold thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast established:—

Leeser Tanakh

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 [thy] might, because of thy opponents, that thou mightest bring to silence the enemy and him that seeketh vengeance.

4(8:5) What is the mortal, that thou rememberest 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 said the magicians unto Pharaoh, This is a finger of God; but Pharaoh's heart remained hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had spoken.

Deuteronomy 4:19And that thou lift not up thy eyes unto the heavens, and thou see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, and be misled to bow down to them, and to serve them, those which the Lord thy God hath assigned unto all nations under the whole heaven.

Job 25:3Can the number of his hosts be given? and over whom riseth not his light?

Job 36:24Reflect, that thou shouldst magnify his work, which [other] men have beheld.

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

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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