Psalms

Psalm 8 ©

God's glory is magnified by his works, and by his love to man.

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To the chief Musician upon aGittith, A Psalm of David.

a Ps. 81; 84, title. 1Sa. 17.
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O LORD our Lord, bhow excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

b Ex. 34.6,7. De. 28.58. Is. 12.4,5. Ps. 72.17-19; 113.4-6; 148.13. Phi. 2.9-11.
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cOut of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou 1ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest dstill the enemy and the avenger.

c Mat. 21.16; 11.25; 19.14. 1Co. 1.26,27.
d Ps. 44.16; 46.10. Re. 6.12-17; 19.11-21.
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When I econsider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

e Ps. 111.2; 19.1-6. Job 36.24. Ge. 2.1.
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fWhat is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

f Job 7.17. Ps. 144.3; 80.17. He. 2.6-9. Is. 40.17; 64.6. Da. 7.13.
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For gthou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

g Ge. 1.26-29; 2.7-25. He. 2.7-9. 1Pe. 1.20,21. Phi. 2.6-11. Mat. 11.25.
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Thou hmadest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

h Ge. 1.26,28. Mat. 11.27; 28.18. 1Co. 15.27. Ep. 1.20-22. 1Pe. 3.22. He. 1.2. Jn. 3.35; 17.2.
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2All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

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The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

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iO LORD our Lord, jhow excellent is thy name in all the earth!

i v.1.
j Ps. 35.10; 36.7; 86.8; 104.24; 72.17-19. Ex. 15.10. De. 32.31; 33.26. Job 11.7. Zec. 9.17.