Psalms 8:3

When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

Majority Standard Bible

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

2From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

4what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

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Cross References

Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Exodus 8:19“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

Deuteronomy 4:19When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

Job 25:3Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?

Job 36:24Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.

Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars 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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