Psalms 8:2

Out of the mouth of babes and infants have you ordained strength because of yours enemies, that you might still the enemy and the avenger.

Updated King James Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth! who have set your glory above the heavens.

3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

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Cross References

Exodus 15:16Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of yours arm they shall be as still as a stone; till your people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which you have purchased.

1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

Psalms 44:16For the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

Psalms 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have dug a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

Psalms 148:13Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.

Isaiah 37:20Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are the LORD, even you only.

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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