Psalms

Psalm 8

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


0To the chief Musician upon aGittith, A Psalm of David.

a Ps. 81; 84, title. 1Sa. 17.

1O 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.

2cOut of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou 1ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest dstill the enemy and the avenger.

1Heb. founded.

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.

3When 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.

4fWhat 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.

5For 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.

6Thou 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.

72All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

2Heb. Flocks and oxen all of them.

8The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9iO 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.