Psalms 8:2

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained praise, To put thine adversaries to shame, And to silence the enemy and avenger.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1“For the leader of the music; to be accompanied with the gittith. A psalm of David.” O Jehovah, our Lord! How excellent is thy name in all the earth! Thou hast set thy glory above the heavens.

3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars which thou hast ordained:

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Cross References

Psalms 44:16On account of the voice of the scoffer and the reviler, And on account of the enemy and the avenger.

Psalms 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down; They have digged a pit before me, But into it they have themselves fallen.

Psalms 148:13Let them praise the name of the LORD! For his name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and the heavens.

Isaiah 37:20But do thou, O Jehovah, our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou alone art Jehovah.

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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