Psalms 8:3

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

Updated King James Version

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

4What is man, that you are mindful of him? and the son of man, that you visit him?

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Cross References

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

Exodus 8:19Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

Deuteronomy 4:19And lest you lift up yours eyes unto heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

Job 25:3Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom does not his light arise?

Job 36:24Remember that you magnify his work, which men behold.

Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host 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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