Psalms 8:3

For I will regard the heavens, the work of your fingers; the moon and stars, which you have established. 1

LXX2012 (US English)

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+ 8:2 Matt 21:16 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings have you perfected praise, because of your enemies; that you might put down the enemy and avenger. 1

4+ 8:4 Heb 2:6-9 What is man, that you are mindful of him? or the son of man, that you visit him? 1

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Cross References

Genesis 1:1In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.

Exodus 8:19So the charmers said to Pharao, This is the finger of God. But the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he listened not to them, as the Lord said.

Deuteronomy 4:19and lest having looked up to the sky, and having seen the sun and the moon and the stars, and all the + 4:19 Gr. order of heaven. heavenly bodies, you should go astray and worship them, and serve them, which the Lord your God has distributed to all the nations under heaven.

Job 25:3For let none think that there is a respite for robbers: and upon whom will there not come a snare from him?

Job 36:24Remember that his works are great beyond those which men have attempted.

Psalms 33:6This poor man cried, and the Lord listened to him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions. 1

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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