Psalms 8:3

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,

World English Bible Classic

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 lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

4what is man, that you think of him? What is 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 8:19Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is God’s finger;” but Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as the LORD had spoken.

Deuteronomy 4:19and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.

Job 25:3Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?

Job 36:24“Remember that you magnify his work, about which men have sung.

Psalms 33:6By the LORD’s word, the heavens were made: all their army 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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