Psalms 8:3

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set there,

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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 built a fortress against your enemies, to silence the foe and the rebel.

4what are mortals, that you think of them, humans, that you visit them?

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Cross References

Genesis 1:1In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth,

Psalms 33:6By his word the heavens were made, all their host 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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