Psalms 8:3

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

Noyes 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

2Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained praise, To put thine adversaries to shame, And to silence the enemy and avenger.

4What is man, that thou art mindful of him, And the son of man, that thou carest for him?

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Cross References

Job 25:3Is there any numbering of his hosts? And upon whom doth not his light arise?

Job 36:24Forget not to magnify his work, Which men celebrate with songs.

Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, And all the hosts 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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