Psalms 8:3
When I view thy heavens, the work, of thy fingers, moon and stars, which thou hast established,
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Genesis 1:1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Exodus 8:19Then said the sacred scribes unto Pharaoh, The finger of God, it is! But the heart of Pharaoh waxed bold and he hearkened not unto them, as spake Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 4:19or lest thou shouldest lift up thine eyes towards the heavens and see the sun and the moon, and the stars—all the host of the heavens, and shouldest be seduced, and shouldest bow thyself down to them and he led to serve them,—the which Yahweh thy God hath assigned unto all the peoples under all the heavens;
Job 25:3Is there any number to his troops? And upon whom ariseth not his light?
Job 36:24Remember, that thou extol his work, of which men have sung;
Psalms 33:6By the word of Yahweh, the heavens were made, and, by the spirit of his mouth, all their host:
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 →