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Psalms 8

Introduction

1  God's glory is magnified by his works, and by his love to man.
Verse 1

O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
(Title
&) Gittith.
81:1, 84:1; *titles
our
9, 63:1, 145:1, Isaiah 26:13, Matthew 22:45, John 20:28, Philippians 2:11, 3:8, Revelation 19:6
how
72:17-19, 113:2-4, 148:13, Exodus 15:11, 34:5-7, Deuteronomy 28:58, Song of Solomon 5:16
thy
36:5, 57:10,11, 68:4, 108:4,5, 1 Kings 8:27, Habakkuk 3:3, Ephesians 4:10, Philippians 2:9,10, Hebrews 7:26
Verse 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.
Out
Matthew 11:25, 21:16, Luke 10:21, 1 Corinthians 1:27
ordained
Heb. founded. strength.
84:5-7, Isaiah 40:31, Amos 5:9, 2 Corinthians 12:9,10
still
4:4, 46:10, Exodus 11:7, 15:16, Joshua 2:9-11, 1 Samuel 2:9, Isaiah 37:20-29,36-38, Habakkuk 2:20
the enemy
44:16
Verse 3

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
When
19:1, 111:2, Job 22:12, 36:24, Romans 1:20
work
33:6, Genesis 1:1, Exodus 8:19, 31:18, Luke 11:20
moon
104:19, 136:7-9, 148:3, Genesis 1:16-18, Deuteronomy 4:19, Job 25:3,5
Verse 4

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
What
144:3, 2 Chronicles 6:18, Job 7:17, 25:6, Isaiah 40:17, Hebrews 2:6-9
son
4:2, 80:17, 146:3, Isaiah 51:12, Ezekiel 8:15, Matthew 8:20
visitest
106:4, Genesis 21:1, Exodus 4:31, Luke 1:68, 19:44, 1 Peter 2:12
Verse 5

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
thou
103:20, Genesis 1:26,27, 2:7, 2 Samuel 14:29, Job 4:18-20, Philippians 2:7,8, Hebrews 2:7,9,16
hast
21:3-5, 45:1-3,6, John 13:31,32, Ephesians 1:21, Philippians 2:9-11, Hebrews 2:9, 1 Peter 1:20,21
Verse 6

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
madest
Genesis 1:26,28, 9:2, Matthew 28:18, Hebrews 1:2
put
110:1, 1 Corinthians 15:24-27, Ephesians 1:22, Hebrews 2:8, 1 Peter 3:22
Verse 7

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
Heb
Flocks and oxen, all of them.
Genesis 2:20
Verse 8

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
The fowl
148:10, Genesis 1:20-25, Job 38:39-41, 39:1-30, 40:15-24, 41:1-34
Verse 9

O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
1, 104:24, Deuteronomy 33:26, Job 11:7

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