Psalms 8:3

When I beholde thine heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers, the moone and the starres which thou hast ordeined,

Geneva Bible 1599

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 mouth of babes and suckelings hast thou ordeined strength, because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemie and the auenger.

4What is man, say I, that thou art mindefull of him? and the sonne of man, that thou visitest him?

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Cross References

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

Exodus 8:19Then saide the enchanters vnto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God. But Pharaohs heart remained obstinate, and hee hearkened not vnto them, as the Lord had said.

Deuteronomy 4:19And lest thou lift vp thine eyes vnto heauen, and when thou seest the sunne and the moone and the starres with all the host of heauen, shouldest bee driuen to worship them and serue them, which the Lord thy God hath distributed to all people vnder the whole heauen.

Job 25:3Is there any nomber in his armies? and vpon whom shall not his light arise?

Job 36:24Remember that thou magnifie his worke, which men behold.

Psalms 33:6By the worde of the Lord were the heauens made, and all the hoste 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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