Psalms 8:2
From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3For I see Thy heavens, a work of Thy fingers, Moon and stars that Thou didst establish.
Cross References
Exodus 15:16Fall on them doth terror and dread; By the greatness of Thine arm They are still as a stone, Till Thy people pass over, O Jehovah; Till the people pass over Whom Thou hast purchased.
1 Samuel 2:9The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.
Psalms 44:16Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
Psalms 57:6A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.
Psalms 148:13They praise the name of Jehovah, For His name alone hath been set on high, His honour [is] above earth and heavens.
Isaiah 37:20And now, Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, and all kingdoms of the earth do know that Thou [art] Jehovah, Thyself alone.'
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 →