Psalms 8:3

For I see Thy heavens, a work of Thy fingers, Moon and stars that Thou didst establish.

Young's Literal Translation

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

2From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

4What [is] man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him?

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Cross References

Genesis 1:1In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth —

Exodus 8:19and the scribes say unto Pharaoh, 'It [is] the finger of God;' and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken.

Deuteronomy 4:19'And lest thou lift up thine eyes towards the heavens, and hast seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and thou hast been forced, and hast bowed thyself to them, and served them, which Jehovah thy God hath apportioned to all the peoples under the whole heavens.

Job 25:3Is their [any] number to His troops? And on whom ariseth not His light?

Job 36:24Remember that thou magnify His work That men have beheld.

Psalms 33:6By the word of Jehovah The heavens have been made, And by the breath 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 →

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